In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and information transmission was very slow.

It has been a few days since the release of the list, when the capital Wuzi is still immersed in the style of the champion Kua Street, most places outside the capital do not know the results of the palace test, more than 100 messengers riding out of the capital, although the horse is fast, the results of the release of the list are still on the way.

In the southwest land of the vast Ming Dynasty, there is a Woniu Mountain rising from the ground, stretching for hundreds of miles, at the foot of the Woniu Mountain, there is a small mountain village with beautiful scenery by the mountains and rivers, the fence wall in front of the village, the loquat tree behind the village, the melons and beans are planted in front of the house and behind the house.

The village is like a paradise, with Lying Niu Mountain behind the village, clear stream water in front of the village, lush trees on the mountain, and abundant fish and shrimp in the water. However, despite the beautiful scenery, judging from the fence walls and thatched houses and adobe houses in the village, the village life is far from being rich.

There is a huge old banyan tree in the center of the village, with many branches, winding and towering, covering the sky and the sun.

There are two steles under the old banyan tree, one has been built for several months, and the other is a stele that has just been erected a few days ago, and the words on the stele are all left by the new carving. The old inscription is "Zhu Ping'an of Jiajing's 30th year of Xinhai Enkeju", and the new inscription is "Jiajing's 30th year of Xinhai Enkehui Yuan Zhu Ping'anli".

Although it has been several days since the palace test was released, the news has not yet reached this small mountain village, and the small mountain village is still immersed in the news of Zhu Ping'an Zhonghuiyuan in this village.

Under the old banyan tree in the middle of the village, many people are standing under the tree, gossiping, and while they gossip, from time to time there are tall horses pulling carriages passing by here. Either into the village or out of the village, there is an endless stream.

"Hmm. Today this is the eighteenth car, tsk, this horse has to be at least this number, it's a pity to pull the cart. An old farmer who squatted on the ground to smoke dry tobacco knocked on the cigarette bag pot at the root of the tree, and looked at the back of a carriage entering the village.

"Sixth uncle. What the hell is this, the day before yesterday I saw two big horse-drawn carriages with pure white coats. Another villager leaned against the trunk of a tree and said, "Uncle." It's not for you to blow, one day there are a lot of people, Second Brother Zhu asked me to help, I went to the carriage to see. I don't have a single hair. ”

"This old Zhu family is about to develop. Ping'an Lang is really competitive, Huiyuan, there is only one in the country, we can't even dream of it. ”

Under the old banyan tree, there was a strong black man who was polishing farm tools, looking at the west of the village, and said enviously.

"You think too much, people are Ping An Lang, who are you. Don't say anything else. Let's just say that the school valley that Ping'an Lang pushed in our village a few years ago, tsk. Even the county magistrate praised our village, and Ping'an Lang was only thirteen at the time. The old farmer who had knocked the tobacco bag pot under the root of the tree before put a new tobacco bag of tobacco leaves, sat on the root of the tree and leaned against the trunk and took a beautiful puff.

After the old farmer finished speaking, he got a unanimous response from everyone.

"That's it, that's it, that kid from my family went to study at Old Master Sun this year, and our village gave him a load of grain, saying that he still had a load in the summer."

"No, my two boys went to Mengxue, and they got two burdens at one time. The family also saves a lot of things, and can learn something, but he can't become a big man like Ping An Lang, and if he can read and count, he can also get a good errand in the town. ”

Just when people were talking, an old farmer came to the west of the village, followed by a big fat dog.

Seeing the people, the people under the old banyan tree came to the spirit, this old farmer is Uncle Li in the west of the village, Uncle Li's family lives next door to Zhu Ping'an's house, the old neighbor.

"Uncle Li, why are you here, why don't you take a lunch break." There was a young man under the banyan tree, looking at Uncle Li and asking.

"What do you sleep on the lunch break, I just lay down, and a group of people came to Shouyi's house; I just wanted to squint, and Shouyi had another group of people in their family. I finished dinner two days ago, and there are still people coming, and I can't sleep at all" Uncle Li rubbed his head a little tiredly and walked over, but his face was full of expression, as if he couldn't sleep and was proud.

"Hahaha, Uncle Li, if you don't change your house with my family, my family will live in peace, and you will sleep well and sleep soundly." The young man under the banyan tree joked with a smile.

"If you want to be beautiful, you don't change how much you give. Have you ever seen the old man, have you ever seen the county master? Have you seen the big man from Anqing Mansion? Uncle Li blew his white beard and asked the young man proudly.

The young man shook his head.

"I haven't seen your uncle, tell you, sitting on the roof of my house, you can see it really, don't say it, you can't learn the bearing of the old man, you can't learn it for a lifetime." Uncle Li said that his face was full of red light, and he even learned to take two steps in eight steps, feeling like he was possessed by the old man, and he was looking forward to it.

"Hahaha, Grandpa Li walks like an old king," a bear child wearing open crotch pants under the banyan tree pointed at Uncle Li and laughed.

In the end, he was pressed to the ground by his father and slapped twice.

"Okay, okay, it's good to send it to the school when you are old enough, anyway, there is a school valley in our village, and several neighboring villages are dumbfounded." Someone advised the bear child's father.

"Uncle Li, I don't think you want to change houses with you, it's because the Shouyi family always sends things to your house, what kind of snacks and fruits, I think you are old and don't have a lot." Someone laughed.

Uncle Li blew his beard, "What's the matter, didn't the Shouyi family send it to your house?" Didn't we send them all in the village? ”

"That's, that's, the righteous family doesn't have to say." People nodded their heads.

After chatting for a while, I saw that the big carriage that had just gone to Zhu Ping'an's house in the east of the village came out of the west of the village again, and the driver who drove the carriage drove the carriage to the outside of the village.

The big fat dog who was following Uncle Li saw this strange carriage, and couldn't help but feel energetic, and the momentum of the leprosy also eased, and he was stunned, and rushed forward two steps on four legs. He craned his neck and made a howling stance.

And then

In everyone's sight, the big fat dog's posture was sufficient, his neck was stretched, and his mouth was open, but he didn't make a sound when he opened his mouth wide.

Dry mouth, dry bite, just silent.

barked silently, and the big fat dog lowered his ears and lay down at Uncle Li's feet.

"Uncle Li, what's wrong with your two stunned people, there used to be a living person who had to be called for a long time, why didn't it rain when it thundered today?" Seeing this, people couldn't help but ask curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just that there have been a lot of people lately, and the dog is tired of biting, and I can't scream."

Uncle Li looked at the big fat dog under his feet, shook his head indifferently, and explained. (To be continued.) )