The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

The carriage stopped here at the ferry, and the two got out of the carriage. Li Wen saw the big boat parked here, and he looked at the man beside him.Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand and said to the boy, "Go up."

Li Wen took Zhao Xiangyi's hand and boarded the boat, "You prepared this?"

"Yes." Zhao Xiangyi chartered the entire boat, and there were only people he arranged on board, no outsiders.

This ship is very big, with three floors above and below. The side of the ship is full of lanterns, and each lantern is lit. Even at night, the ship is as bright as day.The two of them went up to the second floor and came outside the deck. A table and two chairs were set up on the deck, and wine and food were placed on it, specially prepared for the host to come and enjoy.

"Didn't you say you wanted to take a look on the big boat last time?" So he prepared it specially to satisfy the young man's wish. Zhao Xiangyi said it as a matter of course, as if there was no problem at all.

"..." Li Wen stared and said, "You clearly know that's not what I'm talking about." This man secretly changed his concept!He still remembered the last time they swam on the river, when he looked at the flower boat in the distance, he said that he wanted to go on the flower boat to have a look, and this man also said yes, he would go with him when he had a chance.

So what he said was good, is that so?A flower boat is specially prepared for him. There are only a group of men on board, and there is no sign of a girl. What kind of flower boat is this?

Li Wen has the urge to help his forehead, this man...

"Is it okay if I accompany you?" Zhao Xiangyi asked with a smile on his lips.

"Of course, success!" What else could he say?Li Wen glared at the smiling man, laughed angrily, and said, "General Zhao is personally accompanying you. Others don't have the honor, don't you think so?"

"It's good that you know." Zhao Xiangyi acted like "this little general" to accompany you, it was your honor.Others may not have this opportunity. He is worth a lot. Besides drinking and drinking with His Royal Highness, you, Li Liuyuan, are the only ones who have this honor.

"..." Li Wen didn't know what to say anymore, "I know." He did know, this man is so shameless!There were smiles in the eyes of the two acquaintances, these were just their jokes.

Forget it, anyway, he didn't get on the flower boat to find a girl.

Looking for a girl?I guess I won't even think about it for the rest of my life.

This man has never expressed anything in this regard, Li Wen thought he was very generous, so he didn't know he was so jealous.All right, seeing that this man even bought a boat just for him, why should I give him some face?

The two sat across a table, facing each other.

Except for the two of them, there was no waiter left on the deck, and the rest of the people stayed below.

Did not go up to the second floor.The big boat left the river bank and sailed slowly in the river. The sky was full of stars, and the stars were twinkling at night.

Now that it is Shenxia, ​​the weather in the capital is already hot, and the breeze on the river is blowing, taking away the heat of summer,

With a hint of coolness.

Li Wen picked up the jug and poured a glass of wine for the two of them. The taste of the wine was mellow. As soon as he tasted the wine, he could tell that it was brewed by himself, and the wine had been aged for some years. So, isn't this the wine buried in the small courtyard at the foot of his master's mountain?He paused while drinking, and asked the man opposite, "Do you still keep the wine from the year before last?"

Zhao Xiangyi didn't say anything, "..." It's over, I was discovered!

"No..." He remembered that the two jars he dug that time, how could it be possible to put it up now, according to the degree of alcoholism of those soldiers.Li Wen squinted his eyes and asked, "Could it be that you turned around and asked someone to dig out the wine?

"..." Zhao Xiangyi's body froze, he miscalculated today.

Do you admit it without saying a word? !Li Wen snorted and said, "Let the master know, he will break your legs. Tell me, you still have people digging out a few jars later?... You shouldn't, let people all dig it out. Have you dug it out?"

With this possibility, it's okay to have Zhao Xiangyi alone, but if there are a group of people, it's really hard to say.

Seeing Zhao Xiangyi's reaction, Li Wen knew he was right. It seems that he was the one who lured the wolf into the house himself.

"Don't let the fourth uncle know, that's all right?" Zhao Xiangyi didn't realize that he had done something wrong. Anyway, he took all the wine. Now that the wine is in his hands, he won't hand it over.

"I have someone buy the best wine and put it back. Fourth Uncle may not go back there again, so let's not let Fourth Uncle know. It’s not that there is no wine, do you think so?” When Zhao Xiangyi sent people to do these things, he thought it was someone who didn’t know it, and he made up his mind that the boy would not go back to dig for wine, let alone his fourth uncle. up.

Unexpectedly, the final problem was with himself.

"Instead of burying it in the ground, let me dig it out, we can still taste it today, don't you think so?"

?',

This reason is so powerful that it is impossible to refute it.

"..." Li asked, what this man said was so right that he was speechless.

Why didn't he know that this man was so eloquent and knew how to argue so much?

This person poached all the wine, and even stole the beam and replaced it with other wine, thinking that no one would find out?How can this be!Li Wen thought of his master burying the wine back then, looking forward to digging up the wine later, "The wine inside was brewed by me and the master, it's okay if the master doesn't go back, but if the master does go back, he will definitely find something wrong. "

Li Wen raised his forehead, seeing the man across from him who was not afraid at all, he was really laughed out of anger, "If the master finds out about this, and the old man wants to beat you up, I won't help you." Maybe he was He will also hand over a stick to the side, so that his master can beat this nephew to death!

"You have the heart to watch Uncle Fourth beat me, and won't you help me?" Zhao Xiangyi blinked at the boy, he was determined that the boy couldn't bear to watch Uncle Fourth beat him and not help.

"Wouldn't you know when the Dongchuang incident happened?" Li Wen said with a twitch of his mouth.

"Haha..." Zhao Xiangyi laughed loudly, but he wasn't worried about it at all.

Li Wen really didn't know that this man would let people poach all the wine away, he was very angry, but now he was thinking of a remedy, "Come on, I'll bury more here in the capital later. At the bar, when the master and the old man come back and have good wine to drink, they won’t be thinking about the wine buried under the house at the foot of the mountain.”

"I knew that you were the best to me." He knew that the boy was the best to him, and Zhao Xiangyi was not worried at all.worry about what?There is his little Liuyuan here.

General Zhao, can you show some face?Li Wen was furious.

But when the two were together, he relaxed in front of Zhao Xiangyi, he didn't have to think about the affairs of the court, he didn't have to be as cautious as he was in front of the emperor, and he didn't have to be as vigilant as he was in front of the prince. , playing tricks with all the officials in the court and intrigues all day long.

As it is now, the two of them drink a little wine, chat, and quarrel, which is extremely relaxing and comfortable.

But I have to admit that the taste of this wine is very good. The man opposite Li Wenjing took a drink and said, "Well, good wine, let's not get drunk tonight."

"Okay, I will accompany you to the end."

Zhao Xiangyi took out a cloth wrap from his bosom, opened it, and inside were two semicircular hollowed-out jade pendants, which just formed a circle when put together.This is the jade he specially asked people to find. The jade pendant he found carved by a famous jade carving master in the capital was carved out before the Dragon Boat Festival, and it happened to be given to him on the boy's birthday.

"Is this for me?" Li Wen raised his eyebrows when he saw what the man took out, and asked.

"Well. These two jade pendants are a pair. I'll give you one and I'll keep one." Zhao Xiangyi took one of them and handed it to the young man.Li Wen took it, the jade pendant was half the size of a palm, the color of the jade was white, and it felt slightly cool in his hand, even people like him who didn't know much about these jades knew that it was a rare piece of fine jade.

"Put these two jade rings together, and you can hear the sound of the wind." Zhao Xiangyi picked up his jade pendant and put it together with the jade pendant in Li Wen's hand. The wind passed through the middle of the jade ring, making a crisp jingle. Voice.Li Wen listened carefully to the voice, with a strange look on his face, "Is there really a voice?"

"Do you like it?" Zhao Xiangyi asked.

Li Wen carefully looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Is this a token of love you gave me?"

?,,

"If you think about it, of course it counts." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, seriously agreeing with what the young man said.

A token of love?Yes, this can be available.

"Haha... Thank you, I like it very much." Li Wen hung the jade around his neck in front of Zhao Xiangyi, hid the jade in his clothes, and said to the man in front of him, "From now on, I will definitely wear it with me. This jade pendant.

These two jade pendants are a pair, and other people can tell it at a glance. If others see these two jade pendants on their bodies, it is easy to think about that.Although Dacheng did not allow men to marry men, it is not that there are no such things as men and men together, so if others see these two jade pendants appearing on the two of them, more careful people will easily think of them The relationship is not shallow.

At this time, the relationship between the two of them is not easy for outsiders to know, so it is better to pay attention to it

These two jade pendants are a pair, one for each of the two. For Li Wen, this jade pendant was given to him by Zhao Xiangyi

The meaning of the jade pendant is different.He has a lot of jade presented by others, but he thinks it is troublesome to wear on his body. There are many people passing by on the road, and when he goes out, he is easily touched by others, so Li Wen seldom wears precious jewelry and jade ornaments on his body.

He hung the jade around his neck and hid it under his clothes, so that outsiders could not easily see it, and thieves could not touch it.

"Just as long as you like it." Hearing the boy say he likes it, the corner of Zhao Xiangyi's mouth curled up slightly, and he put the jade pendant in his arms and wore it close to his body.

The man's action is to express to the boy that he will wear this jade pendant with him.

Such a beautiful day, it seems that if you don't do anything else, it is a waste.

It happened that there was a piano ready on the boat, so Li Wen asked someone to bring a piano over, sat down, tried the sound of the piano, looked at the man sitting there, and said with a smile, "Let me play a piece of music for you "The last time I played the piano in front of people, it was at a banquet. I haven't played for a long time, and the feel is a bit rusty.

"it is good."

Zhao Xiangyi has rarely heard young people playing the piano, the last time was the first time, and this time is the second time.He recruited someone, whispered something, and soon the people below brought him a flute.

The sound of the piano poured out from the young man's fingertips. After the sound of the piano stopped, the long sound of the flute sounded, as if chasing the sound of the piano.

Li Wen looked at the man playing the flute, his eyes were a little surprised, he didn't know that this man could play the flute, and he played it quite nicely.He put his hand on the zither, one of them played the zither, the other played the flute, the sound of the zither and the flute intertwined, unexpectedly harmonious...

Someone on the boat in the distance heard the sound and asked, "Who is playing the piano? It sounds so nice."

"...And who played this Xiao Yin?"

Their boat was far away from other boats, even if someone heard the sound and saw their boat, they couldn't see the people on board.