Chapter 42: Storm Again
The torrent went straight down to 3,000 feet
It is suspected that the Milky Way fell for nine days
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After some refreshment, Lin Haoran noticed that there seemed to be someone in the parked carriage. Just as he was about to walk away, the curtain of the car was pulled open, and a girl in a green dress walked out.
When Lin Haoran saw Yahuan, he couldn't help patting his forehead, very annoyed by his behavior just now. But when I think about it, I peed so loudly and vigorously, maybe it would be a bad thing to a good thing.
"Miss Mulan, Xiaosheng is polite!" He recognized the beautiful ring, so he smiled into the car.
The beautiful maid glanced at the puddle of urine stains on the ground, and said with a pretty face: "My young lady is not in the car, this is my young lady for you!" With that, he shoved a burden into his bosom, and then turned and stepped into the carriage.
"Miss Mulan, are you really going to Guangzhou Mansion?" Lin Haoran looked at the car window and knew that someone must be inside.
Click......
The tall white horse stepped on the blue brick road, the carriage slowly turned forward for most of the circle, and a nice voice came from the carriage: "Guangzhou Mansion Tianxianglou, meet again!" ”
Mulan is undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of the last Pan Xian Poetry Club, she is already a guqin master, and after getting Lin Haoran's "Magnolia Flower Order", she has made her famous.
Now she is in the Tianxiang Building of Guangzhou Mansion and wants to dig her up to make a pillar.
This time, I wanted to say goodbye to Lin Haoran and stage a good story of a beautiful woman saying goodbye to a talented man, but I encountered such an embarrassing scene, so I had to leave in embarrassment.
Lin Haoran's carriage disappeared around the corner, and he sighed softly, afraid that it would be indefinite.
After the first government test, the candidates were in a state of panic.
There are more than 900 candidates this year, and more than 600 will be brushed off in the first government examination, and only about 100 will be admitted in the end. The imperial examination in this era is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, even if it is not easy to obtain the fame of a child.
But I don't know if Zheng Shijie's gang is confident, or if they are good at covering up their kung fu, drinking and seeking pleasure in Panxian Restaurant every day, and from time to time they will ridicule Lin Haoran and other outstanding students, who have already taken the top seat in their pockets.
Time flies in the blink of an eye, and soon the day of the release of the list will come.
Lin Haoran originally took Gu Qingfeng to see the dyes on the market, but Jiang Ronghua was blocked at the door of the store, so he had to take him to see the list together.
The place where the list was released was in front of the Fuxue Palace, and when the four of them arrived, the peak period for watching the list had passed, but there were still hundreds of people gathered in front of the list.
Gu Qingfeng's eyes lit up, and he didn't rush over to look at the list, but ran to the gambling booth next to him.
It turned out to be the largest Gaosheng gambling house in Gaozhou Mansion to sit here, allowing everyone to guess the head of this government test. There are two kinds of guessing results, one is to bet on specific people, six county heads plus four popular candidates; The first is the gambling area, in which county the head of the case was born.
The biggest favorite in the region is Maoming County, and the number one candidate is Zheng Shijie, both of which have low odds of 20 to 1.
Gu Qingfeng is a person who is addicted to gambling, so he even took out ten taels of silver to prepare to bet. However, when he really wanted to bet, he withdrew nine taels of them and only threw one or two into Lin Haoran.
In this regard, Lin Haoran rolled his eyes, this product was not optimistic about him either.
However, things really make people not optimistic, Tang Governor is a cautious official, and he did not come up with those criticism-oriented truncated questions, but came up with the more common questions of the Four Books and Five Classics.
Who answers well or not, the subjective opinion of the Tang prefect is very important. According to the consistent tradition, I am afraid that the head of this government trial case will fall on Maoming County and Zheng Shijie's head.
That's right, not to mention Gu Qingfeng, even Gaosheng Casino is extremely optimistic about Maoming County and Zheng Shijie, and the first two popular candidates are still Maoming students.
Lin Haoran and Jiang Ronghua are both on the first list, Gu Qingfeng and Zhao Dongcheng are on the second list, the former has already been considered to have obtained the qualification of children, and the latter will continue to fight in the first two games.
After looking at the list, the four of them left quietly, intending to go back and celebrate. Since the list is announced with seat numbers, it is difficult for others to know whether they have passed or not.
Zheng Shijie was holding a painting fan, standing in the crowd with a smile on his face, listening to the congratulatory words of the people around him, and at the same time secretly observing Lin Haoran, and found that although the other party did not notice the joy on his face, he found the answer from Zhao Dongcheng's adoring eyes.
In an instant, his mood became bad, but he didn't expect that the prefect also planned to sell that person's face, and put water on this nerd, I am afraid that he will directly give it to the first class.
"The harm of the eight shares is worse than the burning of books."
After carefully checking the list, an old scholar with gray hair suddenly seemed to have lost his soul, and immediately fell to the ground, and scolded loudly towards the list with old tears.
Su Shijie's leg happened to be hit by him, and he immediately said angrily on his face: "People know themselves!" If you don't get in the middle of this age, you can't even be a child, it's better to jump into the Jianjiang River and die! ”
When the old scholar heard this, he immediately felt sad, and immediately had the idea of committing suicide.
"Don't deceive people too much!" The old scholar's fellow villagers scolded Zheng Shijie angrily, and then comforted the old scholar: "Don't listen to this nonsense!" Our Wuchuan candidates have been unfair over the years, as long as they pass the government examination, they will be able to take the hospital and township two tests in a row, just like Brother Lei! ”
"Lei Tingfeng is just shit luck! You Huazhou and Shicheng are all mediocre talents, and you shouldn't have ideas about the imperial examination at all! Su Shijie pointed to the two old scholars on the ground, but laughed.
"Boy, don't be rampant! If it weren't for the Fuzun taking care of you every year, you Maoming students would be just like this, and it would be impossible to be named the head of the case many years ago! The fellow glared angrily.
Zheng Shijie was ridiculed like this, and his face suddenly became gloomy like water. This is simply a direct slap in the face, not only bombarding them for the preferential treatment of Maoming students, but also questioning that he is about to get the head of the government examination.
"That's our Maoming County, it's really better than you! You're all a lot older, and you still come to participate in the children's exam, you are not ashamed! Zheng Shijie's companion stood up and sneered, and then said complimentarily: "Brother Zheng has learned from others, and respects him as the head of the case, we are happy and convinced!" ”
"If you Maoming are really powerful, you won't lose every year in the township competition!" Lin Haoran walked over and helped the fellow villager lift the old scholar up from the ground.
When the old scholar heard this, his heart suddenly swelled with a sense of recognition, but he also felt a burst of sadness. He was defeated not by his knowledge, but by this unfair treatment, so that he was never able to fulfill his wife's long-cherished wish.
"Then we are better than you!" When this scholar saw that it was Lin Haoran, thinking about the humiliation he received at the poetry meeting that day, he immediately fought back coldly: "Don't say it's the head of the case, the top five this time will be our Maoming students!" ”
"You are powerful in poetry, but these four books and five classics, you can't compare to us, let alone our Brother Zheng!" Another Maoming student stood up and said with a proud face.
Lin Haoran looked at these arrogant scholars, but snorted coldly and said, "Then I don't believe it!" Fu Zun can be so partial to Maoming County every year, I will take twenty taels, and this case will be the first ...... It's not your Maoming County! ”
After speaking, he bet twenty taels of silver heavily on the gambling table, this is the benefit fee he got for Shen Liujin last time, and he should be angry about this injustice.
Mutter!
Several Maoming candidates couldn't help but swallow their saliva when they saw Lin Haoran smashing down twenty taels, this product is simply crazy, and they actually used twenty taels to play in the water.
"I'll bet ten taels!"
"Not bad! I'm betting too! ”
"How can they be in Maoming County, I don't believe in this evil! Fuzun can always help them! ”
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After all, the candidates from Maoming County who stayed here were still a minority, seeing Su Shijie being so aggressive towards an old candidate, and looking at Lin Haoran's arrogant actions, coupled with the instigation of Gu Qingfeng and others, it suddenly aroused the anger of others.
Although it is not as heroic as Lin Haoran, you and I are one or two, which makes Gaosheng Gambling House break out in a cold sweat. The person in charge saw that things were not right, so he paused the bet.
It's just that the turmoil of this matter quickly started in Gaozhou City, and many candidates realized that Fuzun had indeed favored Maoming over the years, so this kind of condemnation has become stronger and stronger.
However, there was also bad news that the shopkeeper of Gaosheng Gambling House quietly walked into the prefect's office through the back door with a box that night.