Dress to be a celebrity

At dawn, there were already crowds of people outside the tribute courtyard. Some Juzi came here in person, some sent their family members, and some even came to announce the good news to the Juzi's home for the first time after copying the ranking.

Several clubs in major scientific examination provinces have specially sent staff to copy the good news, so the candidates don’t have to look at the rankings early in the morning. Pretend to be a laid-back and calm celebrity demeanor.

Although the three brothers of the Song family don't live in the guild hall, they don't need to go to the list to read it in person, and they don't need to send someone - it's not that there is no literate book boy in their family, but... isn't there a senior brother who works in the court? ?

The big list is filled out by staying up all night, and it will basically be released when it is turned to the morning court, and you can see it when the brothers go down to the court, and then copy their rankings and ask someone to send them back, which is definitely better than running around the city. Is the report fast?

The eldest brother agreed and said: "Exactly. There are huge crowds of people in front of the big list. If they didn't go to guard in the middle of the night, how could they squeeze in? His elder brother Huan is an official. If he wants to go up to read the list, everyone has to give way to him. Asking him to take a look at it when he goes to court, I'm afraid it will be more convenient than sending a boy over there."

Then he told his family members: "Prepare an extra piece of silver, and the Huan family will give one when they come to announce the good news, and another one when the newspaper comes."

Song Shi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother, I have a sleeve of red seals here. When the Huan family comes to report the names of our three brothers, we will give three Xiyin, not less People!" This happy news is a big event for my family, and it's not that some marriage forces them to follow the gift, he has to give as many copies as he wants to report!

Song Xiao and Song Yun felt that they might not pass the exam this time when they came back from the first round, so they only prepared him for the red seal.But seeing that the younger brother was so energetic, he let him be happy, and told his family: "You should also take out the firecrackers—let's take out what you have at home, so you don't have to save it for later. Anyway, the palace test is still half a month away, and it's over." Today I have plenty of time to go shopping!"

At home, there were firecrackers bought by their brothers themselves, and some sent by Huan Ling. There were a dozen or so hanging firecrackers piled up, enough for all three of them to set off.The three brothers personally watched their family members pile up firecrackers inside the gate, and led people to sweep the courtyard, set up tables and chairs, and when the good news arrived, they invited neighbors in the same alley to eat water mats.

They got up before the sun was clear, and they were busy until the dawn, which was almost Maochu, before they arranged the yard in an orderly manner.The steward and the two cooks caught up with the donkey and went out through the back door while it was getting dark, and invited Le Hu to come over to accompany the banquet. They bought fresh fish, meat, vegetables, sweets, shochu and rice wine, and ordered a few tables in restaurants that couldn't be done at home. Dishes to entertain guests.

The three brothers of the Song family were sitting in the gatehouse, waiting for the Huan family to bring back the good news.

——When Huanling was about to return to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take up duty, his family would be able to bring back the news.

The old residents in the alley looked at them looking like they were going to treat, and they were naturally happy to have a free meal. When they passed by his house, they would enter the door and say hello. The three came out to thank them in person.

Their brothers are very polite to others, and they are gentle and elegant. Those who thought that the three masters of the Song family must be noble and not easy to get close to were flattered, and they even discussed a few times when they returned home: "No wonder the three masters of the Song family were all successful in the exam." , such a kind behavior is rare. If he does this, he should be rewarded with good fortune, and he will go back as a Jinshi master."

Those who already had families in Beijing wanted to entertain their neighbors after the pilot test, but these candidates who rented houses from outside could only entertain their fellow countrymen and friends. How many people would entertain their neighbors?

An alley quickly spread the news that the Song family was going to treat guests. All the families changed into new clothes, packed a few bags of Beijing noodles, cakes, and eggs, and went to the Song family to congratulate them.There were also a few tenants who rented these homes and heard news about the Song family from the owner's house. Some of them packed up their things and prepared to have a feast at noon. If the good news doesn't come, how will it end?"

Several Baoding scholars came to look for them, and saw that the tables and chairs of his family had been placed from the courtyard to the outside, as if they were ready to celebrate the mid-term examination, and they couldn't help but blame their brothers for being impatient.They have been friends with the Song family brothers for 30 to [-] years, so they don't need to hide their words. They said bluntly: "How can I put the table on the table so early? Just put it in the yard and don't take it out, otherwise there will be a thousand things." One, wouldn't it be a joke?"

Brother Song raised a younger brother, Xie Yuan, and he was not worried that he would fail the exam, so he had a very good attitude. Hearing this, he just smiled and hooked his younger brother over to show him: "Jie Yuan, Fujian Province."

Second Brother Song also patted Song Shi's forehead, and said triumphantly: "This kid was brought to your house when he was young, and you still said that he has a magnificent head, and he will become a great weapon in the future."

That Wang Juren looked at Song Shi, who was being played by his elder brother when he was old, and remembered how he had two small hairpins on his head when he was a child, wearing a big red robe, shaking his head and reciting poems, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, it's really horny now. Zhengrong, not Jiaoji Zhengrong. But you guys have to give him a lot of luck as a brother, and you can't say that you will definitely pass the test if you are a Fujian Jieyuan..."

He was talking, but someone outside the door snorted coldly: "How could Fujian Jieyuan not pass the test!"

But the man spoke Jiangnan Mandarin with a strong Fujian accent, which these talented scholars in Baoding did not understand.Song Shi, however, recognized Zhao Shusheng's voice as soon as he heard it, and hurried out to greet the door—but not only Wu Pingjuzi, but also people from all over Fujian who came were acquaintances who met at the lecture conference, and they came in with an accent A variety of Hokkien-style Mandarin greeted him and the Song family.

The people in Baoding Ju were like entering the Honglu Temple by mistake and listening to the envoys from various countries learning to speak Chinese, they were completely speechless.

Song Shi changed the official dialects of the north and the south to introduce to everyone, and said to Zhao Shusheng: "Mr. Wang has watched me grow up since I was a child, but I am older, so I call him brother. Just looking at his age, he should be called uncle." He said that I also had good intentions, and he was afraid that my family would put out the banquet first, and people would laugh at me if I didn’t succeed, don’t get me wrong.”

Only then did Zhao Yueshu understand the cause and effect, and sighed: "That's my misunderstanding, I'll go and make amends with him."

It doesn't matter, anyway, he won't be able to tell that you are teasing him.

Song Shi smiled and said, "Since you are here, why don't you stay here for dinner? If you are all here, my family doesn't have to worry about the banquet being held too early, and people will laugh at us if we fail the exam."

Longxi thanked Juren with a smile and said: "Song Jieyuan was joking, if Xie Yuan fails the exam, we people will fail the exam even more. We originally booked a restaurant in the west of the city, and we wanted to invite Song Jieyuan to the restaurant to discuss poetry. Guest, I will go back later."

Do you still use it to go to restaurants when discussing poetry?He has ready-made wine and food, ready-made literati, and ready-made translators. It would be great if everyone stayed and waited for the good news!

He kept saying: "What kind of restaurant are you going to! My family has ready-made firecrackers piled up here, and I even asked my family to invite musicians to come and play. Even those of us who win the prize can also celebrate. Later, I will ask someone to go to the Fujian Guild Hall to spread the word. Let them lead all the reporters here, our drum music and firecrackers can ring from morning to noon, how festive it is!"

He forced him to stay. Although there was a language barrier between the north and the south, Song Shi and the family translator he brought were enough to have a stumbled conversation.

But if a room full of talented people sit together, if they want to talk to each other, just take out a pen and paper and write a poem!

At home, there are storage boxes, snacks, and rice wine, and there are tables and chairs set up in the yard. Everyone arranged seats according to their seniority, sitting in the north and south, and chanting poems with wine.Although there is no spring scenery outside the city, no red sleeves to add fragrance to the restaurants and singing houses, but the hope of the pilot test is in front of you, the poetic interest of all people is stronger than ordinary scenery and banquets, and what they do is thinking about the king, serving the country, and pointing out the country. do.

Song Shi's emotions mobilized them, and he almost wrote them an article "Qinyuanchun·Changsha".

Fortunately, before he could write anything worthy of literary inquisition, a crisp horseshoe stepped into the long alley, and finally stopped heavily in front of their small courtyard.

With the neighing sound of the horse, a tall brown steed appeared outside the gate of the courtyard. The rider on the horse was wearing a cyan patchwork suit with a white pheasant patch on his chest—it was a fifth-rank official who came here!

Those in Beizhili didn't recognize him, and they were all surprised that an official came to find the Song family at this time; Fujian Juzi recognized him, and they were even more surprised that his friendship with Song Shi had come from Fujian to Beijing, early in the morning. So he rode to his house to find someone.

Huan Ling originally thought that there were only three brothers in the Song family, but when he saw so many people suddenly, he was also taken aback.Fortunately, he is an official, and all these officials would come up to salute when they saw him, giving him time to react.

He got off his horse, greeted everyone with a smile, and said: "I have nothing else to do here, I just read the newly issued red list in the morning, and I want to announce my brother's congratulations before the announcer."

Brother Song's eyes lit up, and Brother Song couldn't help walking a few steps forward.Song Shi naturally moved forward, first said "thank you, brother", and then looked at his sleeve eagerly, wanting to know how many times he got in the exam.

Huan Ling took out a double-folded piece of red paper from his sleeve, unfolded it slowly, and held it in both hands, but he refused to give it to him, and instead read slowly: "Good News, Your Mansion Master Song Taboo!" Congratulations to the No. 1 Gongshi in the Xintai Bingzi Enke General Examination."

What is the ... number?

Song Shi almost suspected that he had tinnitus for a moment and misheard the number.However, his second brother had already rushed up from behind, surprised and delighted, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice with excitement: "Huiyuan? Our Shiguan is now Huiyuan!"

Brother Song called his family in a loud voice: "Hurry up and get the paper, copy the happy news and send it to your parents! Song Guang went to Guandi Temple to donate 50 taels of incense for your third uncle, and Song Fu went to light the firecrackers, still in a daze. What are you doing, go... that's right, let's blow it up first, let's blow it up!"

The whole family was so happy that they were a little silly, and the smile hidden in the corners of Huan Ling's brows and eyes gradually flowed out, and he folded the happy news into Song Shi's hands, and said in a low voice: "Song Huiyuan, don't you invite the newsman to drink a glass of wine?" Is it?"

The word "Hui Yuan" was called out, and Song Shi came back to his senses suddenly, and thanked him: "Please, please, Brother Huan, please, I... I really passed the Huiyuan exam? I just won two yuan?"

Two dollars in a row!Not far from Sanyuan!What if he was lucky in the palace exam and really won the big triple?

Unexpectedly, he, a person who didn't get the number one scholar in his school in the college entrance examination, now got the equivalent of the number one scholar in the country, and dared to look forward to the real number one!

He was dizzy as if in a cloud, poured wine for Senior Brother Huan with his own hands, and raised a glass with both hands to invite him to drink.Huan Ling took the cup and drank it down, poured himself another cup, showed the bottom of the cup to everyone, and said softly: "I came here for the good news, and I and I will go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to work later, everyone forgive me." Sit down, the person who announces the good news will come next time soon."

All the judges thanked him for his good words, watched him ride his horse out of the alley and turned into the long street, and then went back to their seats to pour wine, congratulated Song Shi Senior High School Huiyuan, and also congratulated themselves for the entrance examination.Fujian people are the most good-natured people, and sent Huiyuan news early in the morning. Apart from envy, everyone felt that today's omen is good. The small courtyard rented by the Song family brothers has good feng shui, and there must be more places outside Huiyuan. Tribute.

Sure enough, after a while, newspaper reporters came rushing in. One reported that Huiyuan from the Song Dynasty, and the other reported that Xie Juzi of Longxi had won the No. 12 candidate.

The red envelopes in Song Shi's sleeves are now available, and the firecrackers piled up in front of Song's house can also be set off.

Before the firecrackers were set off, another "good news" sounded, and this time it was Mr. Tang Baozhen from Dingxing County who made the list.One cannon presses another cannon, one good news catches up to one good news, and the ordinary alley was boiled by the voice of the messenger, and the neighbors who wanted to come to Song's house for dinner listened to the ever-increasing list of tributes, They are all somewhat deterred.

Fortunately, the running water seats of the Song family were still set up on time.Although there are no delicacies, there are also chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, as well as clear barley shochu.The smell of wine, coriander and herbs drifted across the alley, making the neighbors forget that there were so many Jinshi in the courtyard who were like Wenqu stars in the sky, and they sat down as naturally as eating other banquets.

There are more and more candidates on the mat in the courtyard.Not only the tenants in this alley came to visit, but also some talents from other places who were attracted by the Song family's continuous announcement of happiness, and came here to enjoy the joy.

The more candidates came, the more people came to announce the good news, and the joy in the courtyard became stronger.The banquet lasted from noon until almost the curfew, and those who lived in the inns and guild halls hurriedly dispersed, leaving only the Song brothers and their family sitting in the courtyard drunkenly.

When Song Shi regained consciousness again, the sky was already bright.He was curled up in a thin quilt and lay on his side, and a person was caught in the arc circled by his waist and abdomen.

He was toasted with countless drinks yesterday, and when he woke up, his eyes couldn't focus. After blinking for a long time, he realized that the person sitting next to him was his little brother Huan.

He was in a calm and indifferent state, in an ethereal state where he didn't think about anything. He didn't feel anything special when he recognized that this person was a senior brother instead of his own brother. He stared at him without turning his eyes and said, "Senior brother got up very early."

Senior Brother Huan leaned over to look at him, pinched his nose and said, "It's not early at all, it's almost the beginning of Sichu, it's because you ate too much wine and slept soundly."

Song Shiren let him hold it, and answered "Oh" in a muffled voice, slowly recalled yesterday's situation, and thought he was rational and sober, and said: "I have passed the national champion exam, and I also got the provincial champion exam before. Then I won the No. [-] Scholar in the exam, and I won the Triple Scholar in a row, and I will be the No. [-] Scholar in the whole country!"

Huan Ling had never seen him so stupid before, he just thought he was so cute, and couldn't help but want to hug him.The hand ran down his smooth cheek to the back of his neck, hugged his outer shoulder, and leaned his upper body into his arms.

He also only stole the hug for a moment, and didn't indulge in it for too long, but took the clothes and put them on for Song Shi.Song Shi half-opened his eyes and let him manipulate him. Seeing that he was wearing a coat, he asked, "Are you going out later? Can I go to your Shegongta·Nushe? I haven't touched a Tanu in my life. , let them give me a try."

Before he sobered up, he wanted to try such a dangerous weapon.

Huan Ling shook his hand in a funny way, put his arms around him from behind, pinched his slender fingers and said, "Go to the She Gong Ta Nu Club, don't you want to take the No. Well, the examiner is still willing to take you."

After fiddling with it for a while, he stuffed the rolled paper he had brought into Song Shi's hand, and said with a smile, "I won't take you anywhere. While I'm resting, let Song Sanyuan bet a few palace examination questions to do."