Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

Early in the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a knock on the door of Shen's house, and the Yanghe government servant brought documents to the house.After Shen Zhongnan picked it up, he stayed with the government servants to eat at the mansion, and then ordered someone to go to the backyard to inform Shen Wenchang to prepare his bags and leave early tomorrow morning.

Shen Wenchang only packed up the clothes of the four seasons, and brought a red-tasseled gun and Qingfeng sword, and it didn't take a stick of incense to pack it up.When he went into the inner room to call Lu Qingyi, he stood blankly at the door.

"What is this going to do?" Shen Wenchang looked at the room, as if he had been robbed.

"We want to live in Yanghe, so naturally we should bring more things." Lu Qingyi said while arranging her dowry.

"But, it's too ostentatious to bring so many things on the road. Just bring a few pieces of Four Seasons clothes, a little bit of rouge and gouache, and the rest can be bought at Yanghe." Shen Wenchang's face flashed a trace of fear, so many When she thinks about things, she becomes worried. She has to move them from the carriage to the inn, and move them to the carriage again when she leaves.

"After we go to Yanghe, we won't be able to receive the family's monthly money. With your little salary, we won't be able to buy many things." Lu Qingyi knew in her heart that she had brought everything with her, so she could spend less after she went. silver.

"Father will give us the bank notes when we leave." Shen Wenchang took this very seriously, and would not even give less.

"But you've already got a family and a business. Wouldn't it be bad to take what's at home?" Lu Qingyi's subordinates kept moving and locked the jewelry box.

"Why is it bad? If you have money at home and don't spend it, do you pile it up and keep it there for appreciation? People have a lifetime, and if you don't bring money with you, you will spend it when you die. We don't want to be prodigal." Shen Wenchang said Things are very open, flowers should be spent, and flowers are not indiscriminate, so what is entangled?

Lu Qingyi stopped the movement of her hands when she heard the words, thinking about it, life is like a fleeting moment, leaving priceless antique calligraphy and paintings to future generations like in the previous life, but in the end, the future generations did not see how much progress they made.

"Okay, just bring a few Four Seasons clothes and jewelry, and buy the rest when you arrive at Yanghe." Lu Qingyi stood up.

Xiaorou at the side squatted on the ground and was finally liberated. It would take a whole day for her to be exhausted and paralyzed.

"That's right, let's go, let's make zongzi with Xiaoqiuer." Shen Wenchang took Lu Qingyi's hand, and when Lu Qingyi was about to leave the house, she turned to look at Xiaorou, "By the way, Xiaorou, pack up the things you don't bring and put them away." Go back to where you came from."

"Ah???" Xiaorou just thought about it and rested for a while, when she heard this, she almost cried.

"I will try to come back early to help you." Lu Qingyi smiled and comforted her, and was led away by Shen Wenchang.

At this time in the capital city, Cheng Yi and Xu Jinwen were eating rice dumplings and peeling eggs in front of a small stall by the street. When they were eating delicious food, they saw a royal guard galloping away in front of them.

"What happened?" Xu Jinwen asked in confusion.

As soon as the words fell, the royal guards stopped at the entrance of the Gongyuan, swiped twice on the bulletin board, and posted things on it.

"The list has been released, the list has been released!!!" A scholar shouted loudly at the gate of the Junior Gongyuan.

Cheng Yi was taken aback when he heard the words: "The list has been released? How fast this time?"

"Fourth brother, let's go." Xu Jinwen dropped the zongzi, dragged Cheng Yi and ran to the Gongyuan.

When the two reached the front of the list, the front was already crowded with people.

"Why is it so fast this time? Traditionally, it takes a month to produce results." Someone in the crowd spoke.

"I heard that the imperial court is in a hurry to select candidates. My relative is a secretary in the Ministry of War. I heard from him that Beichuan and Xifan have to send people there."

"Well, I heard from my father once that His Majesty attaches great importance to this selection. Normally, the grading of the papers is the responsibility of the examiners. This time, His Majesty directly asked the examiners to send the papers to the palace. His Majesty brought a few The examiner personally read it, and this ranking is also determined by His Majesty."

Cheng Yi listened to the discussion from behind, and was horrified, did His Majesty decide the ranking himself?This kind of thing has never happened in all dynasties. It seems that His Majesty is really thirsty for talents.

"Jinwen, let's go, don't look at the ranking, let's go to the west ranking first." Cheng Yi dragged Xu Jinwen away.

"Ah? Let's look at the fourth brother's first. I, mine can be the last." Xu Jinwen felt that he did not do well in the exam, and he had already guessed the result in his heart but was afraid.

"There are too many people here, so I can't squeeze in." Cheng Yi dragged Xu Jinwen to the west list, and there were quite a few people looking at the list at the west list. The two looked at the list in the crowd, but they couldn't find Xu Jinwen after looking for a long time.

"Oh, I have a hunch that I won't hit." Xu Jinwen sighed.

Cheng Yi thinks it shouldn't be. Did she guess wrong?Cheng Yi didn't believe it and looked at it again from top to bottom, but there was still nothing.

"Oh, I failed the exam four times, so I'd better go home and farm." An extremely fat scholar in front sighed, turned and left.

"Fourth brother, let's go and see the list." Although Xu Jinwen was not satisfied with his article, he was somewhat lucky, and now his hopes were shattered, and his mood was somewhat depressed.

Cheng Yi nodded, and before leaving, he glanced at the list, and then retracted his step, staring at the bottom of the list, which was just covered by the fat scholar, "Jinwen, look There."

Xu Jinwen followed Cheng Yi's hand, and was stunned for a moment, his name was written at the bottom, maybe there was not enough paper, so he added a piece at the bottom.Xu Jinwen hurried forward and squatted in front of his name. Although it was a continuation, he was hit in the end.

"Fourth brother, did I win?" Xu Jinwen stood up and looked at the smiling Cheng Yi, "Oh my God, I've won the prize, I've won the prize, and I can win the prize too."

"This time, His Majesty personally presided over it. I think His Majesty does not want to select those who can only write poems and songs, but to select those who have real talents and practical work. There are many loopholes in scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce. If you can have some insights in these aspects They will all be hired." Cheng Yi smiled and patted Xu Jinwen on the shoulder, which is also the reason why he felt that there was hope for Jinwen Zhongju after hearing the people in the crowd talk about it just now.

"I also want to thank my fourth brother for always talking about the inappropriateness of the imperial court system in my ears." Xu Jinwen was very happy, "I was still thinking about how long it would be in my life to get married in the middle school. .”

"Look at your happiness, let's go, accompany me to see the list." Cheng Yi clenched her fist lightly, she was also nervous, this time she deliberately avoided the edge, except for the theory, the rest of the answers were quite satisfactory.According to the examiners, there are probably less than ten candidates, but now that His Majesty is down to choose, it is unknown.

The two came to the middle list, looked from top to bottom, and saw Cheng Yi's name at a glance.

"Fourth brother, you are No.4." Xu Jinwen pointed to the list with admiration in his eyes.

Cheng Yi looked at the list and smiled, she probably knew how to answer the palace exam.

"But how could Meng Ke pass the No.3 exam?" Xu Jinwen looked at the list, and looked at Cheng Yi already worried, that bet......

"What's so strange about this, Meng Ke and Wu Yan are already talented, and there is no reason why Zhang Ziliao's advice doesn't make sense." Cheng Yi was not surprised by this.

When Xu Jinwen heard the words, he suddenly remembered the day when he met the three of them talking and laughing while visiting the brothel.

"There are people in the court who are different." Xu Jinwen curled his lips.

"Okay, let's go back and eat zongzi." Cheng Yi put his mind to rest, feeling refreshed.

"Fourth brother, we've all won the prize. Why don't we eat zongzi? How about we have a big meal too?" Xu Jinwen's face was full of excitement.

"Success, let's go." Cheng Yi readily agreed upon hearing this.

Nantong, near noon, Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi went to Cheng's house with zongzi.After the servant came to report, Liniang went out to greet her with her belly outstretched.

"Liniang, you're inconvenient, so you don't have to come out to meet her." Lu Qingyi quickly stepped forward and supported Liniang.

"It's so important, walking around is like taking a walk." Liniang smiled and led him to the front hall.

"Cheng Yi is really relieved, you are pregnant and she is going to the capital." Lu Qingyi helped Liniang to sit down.

Liniang defended Cheng Yi after hearing the words: "She had a bet with someone earlier, so she had to go. She wrote a letter a few days ago and asked me about my daily life. She still misses me when she is away."

Seeing the happy smile on Liniang's face, Lu Qingyi was also infected. She glanced at Shen Wenchang who was sitting next to her, and said with a smile, "Cheng Yi is quite careful, unlike the one in my family who never asks me about my daily life."

Shen Wenchang was drinking tea with a teacup, when he heard the words, he glanced at Lu Qingyi: "You are all under my nose, if there is anything I don't know, do you still need to ask?"

"Look at her, she never speaks considerately to me. If I say a word, she will reply with ten or eight sentences." Lu Qingyi gave Shen Wenchang an angry look.

"Okay, I won't say anything." Shen Wenchang smiled and shook his head.

Liniang took Lu Qingyi's hand and said, "Your girl is already very good. I used to think of her as a gangster, but now she looks ten times stronger than that Tang Hongfei."

Shen Wenchang's smile gradually disappeared when he heard the words, "Hongfei, maybe he has something hard to say." She felt that even if her friend who had played with her since she was a child really wanted to marry a wife, she would give Wan'er an explanation and had to leave without saying a word. , Don't leave any words, let Miss Wan'er wait in vain?

"What unspeakable secret? If he has time to go home, he will naturally have time to find Wan'er, but he didn't even look for it. He went to the capital to marry a lady from a rich family by himself, and he didn't even say a word to Wan'er." Liniang said Willing to listen.

Shen Wenchang remained silent, Uncle Tang looked down on Wan'er's identity, but Hong Fei would like Wan'er from the bottom of his heart, it was rare to go home, why didn't he come to find Wan'er?

"Miss Wan'er is really a monk?"

"Well, now that she is practicing with her hair, she is alone at the Dragon Boat Festival today." Liniang sighed.

Shen Wenchang lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't I take two zongzi to see her."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Qingyi and Liniang turned their heads to look at Shen Wenchang at the same time, and a hint of teasing flashed in Lu Qingyi's eyes.

"Ahem, I finally got to know each other, lady, let's go together." Shen Wenchang added hastily.

"Go by yourself, I'm here to talk to Liniang." Lu Qingyi smiled.

Shen Wenchang didn't know whether Lu Qingyi was talking about the scene or the truth, so he said, "Shall we go together?"

"Don't worry, I'll wait for you here." Lu Qingyi's face was normal, Wan'er had already become a monk, and she felt pity in her heart, so naturally she would not go with Shen Wenchang, as if going together was like pouring salt on a girl's wound.

Seeing that his wife had no intention of probing, Shen Wenchang left Cheng's house with two zongzi.

Walking to the foot of the mountain, a little nun was entangled by a man with a washtub in his hand from a distance. When the little nun turned her head, Shen Wenchang saw that it was Wan'er, and ran over quickly without thinking. Soaring into the air, he kicked the man hard with his right foot on the shoulder.

Chen Siyun was about to offer her courtesy to take a pot for Wan'er, but when she was about to succeed, her shoulder hurt and she was kicked to the ground.

He Wan'er was taken aback, and after seeing the person on the ground, she froze in place. Shen Wenchang seemed to be much more mature than she had imagined, and she was full of heroism.

"Miss Wan'er, are you alright?" Shen Wenchang was very sad in his heart. It was the first time he saw Miss Wan'er in a nun's attire, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. If he met a lover, why would he be like this?

"No, nothing." He Wan'er dodged and shook her head.

Shen Wenchang looked at the person who fell on the ground, and was about to start cursing, but felt familiar, took two steps forward, saw that it was a descendant of the Chen family, and said, "So it's you, isn't your family a scholarly family? Why, it's sunny and bright." , to tease the monks?"

Chen Siyun's forehead was covered with cold sweat, her shoulders were aching, her eyes were fixed on He Wan'er, and the other's expression when facing this Young Master Shen was all in her eyes, no wonder, no wonder the other party has been indifferent to her these days, it turns out , It turns out that her heart was promised to others earlier, so she was one step later.It's just that Mr. Shen clearly has a wife. Could it be that because of this, he gave up his mind to become a monk?

"Mr. Shen may have misunderstood. I just want to help her carry things." Chen Siyun spoke in a very weak voice. Although she also practiced martial arts, she was not keen on it, and she really couldn't resist Shen Wenchang's kick.

Shen Wenchang looked at Wan'er upon hearing the words, Wan'er hurriedly said: "She really wants to help me, but I have become a monk, so I want to support myself."

Shen Wenchang's cheeks turned red immediately, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Siyun up: "I thought he was a villain, so be more serious, are you okay?"

Chen Siyun shook her head, stood up, forced a smile and said, "If you act harder, you can help me prepare for my funeral."

He Wan'er suddenly raised her head when she heard the words, she wanted to say something but held back.

Shen Wenchang smiled embarrassedly. Although she was jealous of the Chen family, she was wrong this time, and her attitude was very good: "Well, to express my apology, I have two taels of silver here. You can buy a few more chickens to make up for it."

"Thank you for your kindness, my family will not lose money." Chen Siyun gently pushed Shen Wenchang's hand away.

Upon hearing the words, Shen Wenchang took the money, bowed to Chen Siyun and said, "Then I will pay Mr. Chen a big gift."

Chen Siyun clasped his left arm with his right hand and said: "Young Master Shen didn't do it on purpose, Siyun is not the type to be reasonable and unforgiving, let this matter go."

At this time, Shen Wenchang had a good impression of the person in front of him: "We will meet again next time, and I invite you to drink." Then he looked at He Wan'er and said, "I heard Liniang say that Hongfei didn't come when he returned to Nantong. It's really wrong to look for you, you, you don't plan to wait for him and he has no reason to blame you in the future, but he doesn't need to become a monk, there is no Hongfei, and there are other lovers."

Hearing these words, Chen Siyun was startled, seeing that He Wan'er had feelings for Mr. Shen, she couldn't accept it, why, why is there such a Hong Fei?The girl in front of her seems to be ignorant of things, why, how can she be so emotional?

He Wan'er sighed slightly: "After going through many things, my heart is already dead. You, if you see Hong Fei, tell me a word. I sincerely bless him, but this is the end of his relationship with me, and I have nothing to do with him anymore." .”

Chen Siyun folded her arms and slowly raised her legs, and walked up the mountain silently, her heart was very disturbed, she was a person who did not allow her partner to have others in her heart, if so, she would rather be alone.Now she finally understands why she has tried her best and failed to win the other party's daughter's heart in the past few days, because the heart belongs to her.