Anqing Fucheng has an extraordinary majesty, like a tiger crouching on the plains. The tall city gate tower is like a tiger's mouth, swallowing up any passing pedestrians and vehicles.
If Huaining County is prosperous, then Anqing Fucheng is bustling.
Even at night, it is still bustling. There are so many people in the night market, and the bustling city is like a city that never sleeps.
Unless you have truly come to this era, it would be difficult to imagine that such a dynasty could be so prosperous. This is just a county town. There are provincial cities and capital cities above. It is difficult to imagine how prosperous the capital city under the emperor's feet will be. Of course, this kind of prosperity is antique prosperity, which is different from the modern prosperity, but it is more shocking.
The government examination was held in Anqing Fucheng. Students and scholars who passed the county examination from each county gathered together. As the area became larger, the stinking problem of literati being indifferent to each other became apparent. They didn't think about "the first in literature and the second in military". Yes, students and scholars from various counties and even towns formed a group and looked down upon students and scholars from other counties and towns, and the overt and covert fights continued.
Zhu Ping'an, one of the fifty top students in Huaining County, received special attention from students and scholars from other counties and towns. As a result, the poem about being bitten by a snake and hearing the cry of a bird, as well as the behavior of eating lunch and taking a nap in the examination room, living in the woodshed, etc. were all uncovered.
Then, the students and scholars from other counties and towns became as excited as if they had drunk half a kilo of old wine.
I can’t even write a poem. I ate, drank and took a lunch break during the exam. Haha, you can get into the first round in Huaining County. If you were in our county, you would never even think about the first round of the exam. The level in Huaining County is just To this extent.
Isn't this the target given to us by God?
There are only so many places in Anqing Prefecture that can pass the prefectural examination. If Huaining County has a bad reputation, the prefect will naturally have to consider it. Then there will be more opportunities in other counties.
As a result, interested students and scholars in other counties began to inquire about more information about Zhu Pingan, including his appearance and preferences, etc., waiting for an opportunity to make a big embarrassment to the entire Huaining County.
Hard work pays off
So, it was only on the fifth day after Zhu Pingan settled in Anqing Fucheng that when Zhu Pingan was dragged by his uncle and several other villagers to a restaurant to meet his uncle's friends, he was beaten by some students and scholars from other counties. One was blocked.
The uncle’s friend is the uncle’s friend from the county town before, and that mentor is the one who taught at the county school. The uncle’s friend also passed the county examination and became a Tongsheng, but failed the college examination again and again, because Tongsheng did not need to To participate in the county examination and the government examination, my uncle's friends have been hanging out in Anqing Mansion these days, waiting to go to the provincial capital to participate in the college examination.
The restaurant is a famous restaurant in Anqing Prefecture. Its name is: Jingxian Tower. It is located in a prime location of Anqing Prefecture. It is large in scale and magnificently decorated. The interior is exquisitely furnished. There are gorgeously dressed maids and servants coming and going all the time, greeting people to come up to the building. guests.
Unexpectedly, when Zhu Pingan entered Jingxian Tower with his uncle and others, he heard a surprise cheer and was blocked by someone.
"You can't find anything even after you've worn iron shoes. Aren't these some of the great talents in Huaining County?"
"It just so happens that our students' poetry gatherings in Taihu, Wangjiang and other counties are in full swing. The only flaw is that you and other Huaining people are in the ointment. Meeting you at this moment is like a rain after a long drought."
Several young scholars holding folding fans and handsomely dressed blocked the way forward and back of Zhu Pingan and others, and without any explanation, they gathered around them and went upstairs.
Downstairs is the world, and upstairs is heaven.
When Zhu Ping'an went upstairs, he happened to see the singer upstairs dancing with red sleeves. She was as light as a swallow, walking in lotus steps to support the wind. Suddenly, the water sleeves were flung open, and the sleeves danced like a fairy from the sky descending to the earth, twisting the willow waist with lotus flowers. As she moved, she felt as if a fairy was contaminated with the breath of the mortal world, and her heart moved with spring.
It was completely different from modern singing and dancing. Out of the novelty, Zhu Pingan took a second look.
But in the eyes of caring people, this is like a country bumpkin from a remote mountainous area who has never seen the world. He is already obsessed with just a singer, and how can he reach any level of elegance?
Sure enough, it was exactly what I asked about, and some students and scholars from other counties upstairs looked at each other and smiled.
"Ahem, cough, cough, we are here to meet our friends this time. Next time, next time we will come to participate in the poetry meeting." Uncle Zhu Shouren saw students and scholars from other counties upstairs sitting at seven or eight tables. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he said Decline.
A long-sleeved student from Jiangning County who was good at dancing laughed when he heard this and said: "We make friends with our poems, and they are all friends here. Where are your friends? We will call them together."
The other students and scholars sitting at the table also gathered around, tugging and tugging, and involuntarily gathered Zhu Pingan and others on the big table in the middle, as enthusiastically as if they were meeting long-lost relatives. Especially when he glanced at Zhu Ping'an from time to time, he seemed to be a rare commodity.
The uncle’s friends were also enthusiastically invited out of a private room. These students and scholars from other counties are eager to have more people, the better. The more people there are, the bigger the ugliness will be in Huaining County, and the bigger the noise will be. Mr. Fu Zun That means you have to think more about it.
The uncle's friend is a fat man with a big belly and small eyes. You can't even find the eyeballs when you squint. He looks like he has overindulged.
After everyone saw the ceremony, the fat man sat next to the uncle, whispered to the uncle and others, and finally glanced at Zhu Pingan with a strange look. Then I saw that the uncle and several villagers looked a little embarrassed, and they looked at Zhu Pingan with blame and complaint.
It seems that they already know what these students and scholars from other counties are doing.
there is always a solution to a problem.
Zhu Ping'an acted like a normal person. After sitting at the table, he started to deal with the plate of drunken crabs in front of him. He used to salivate over the drunken crabs from Shanghai when he saw China on the tip of his tongue. However, he never had the chance. Now this drunken crabs are just like this. How can I bear it when it's in front of me?
Well
It is true that they are the same as the rumors, greedy and a waste of food.
Students and scholars from other counties looked askance at Zhu Ping'an's unsightly appearance of eating two big crabs in succession.
Uncle Zhu Shouren and others also wanted to stay away from Zhu Ping'an, blushing furiously.
The poetry meeting held in Jingxian Tower had been prepared by students from other counties such as Tongcheng, Taihu, and Wangjiang. It was not specifically aimed at students and scholars from Huaining County such as Zhu Ping'an. It was originally just intended to prevent students from Huaining County from attacking. After getting acquainted with each other, I didn't expect to be overjoyed. I heard someone said that when Zhu Ping'an and several other students from Huaining County were heading to Jingxian Tower, students from other counties discussed it. It was better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Why not let them come out today? So ugly.
So, some people went to block it downstairs to prevent Zhu Pingan and the others from just passing by; some people went to call people, and enjoying it alone is not as good as enjoying it with everyone. This kind of good thing must be appreciated by more people together to be interesting; some people used personal relationships to visit Several well-known sages from the county and town hope that they can come so that everyone’s comments will be more convincing.
Because the person who called for them has not come back yet, the students and scholars from other counties have also endured the attack, but they will wait for everyone to come before launching a thunderous blow at Zhu Ping'an and other Huaining County people.
Therefore, now everyone is having a great time communicating together and the atmosphere is very good, which is called a warm-up.
Singing and dancing are at peace, and swords are at war. ;
