"Victory news in the examination, congratulations to your young master for placing first in Enke High School in the examination."
The sun was warm and the years were quiet. The messenger who announced the good news repeated the words of the good news again, with clear enunciation and a loud voice. The sound of the good news spread to every corner of the birthday banquet of Linhuai Marquis Mansion and reached everyone's ears. middle.
The sound of the announcement was like thunder, exploding in the sky above the birthday banquet.
The second-generation ancestors at Fatty Zhou's table were blown to pieces. They couldn't hold their tongues straight when they spoke, and their voices were trembling.
How could they not be surprised? !
Fatty Zhou was originally the object of their ridicule. He was incompetent in literature and martial arts, and his skills were not as good as theirs. But in a blink of an eye, Fatty Zhou not only passed the examination, but also became the first in the competition. This is the first time this has happened in the entire Ming Dynasty’s noble circle. After the Tumu Fort Incident, the power of the Honorable House was greatly reduced. The power of civil servants began to expand rapidly, and the Honorable House also began to lean towards the civil servants. However, after so many years, I have not heard of any Honorable House. Someone passed the Huiyuan exam!
Now, someone has broken the deadlock, it is him, Li Yanzhou, the pride of the nobles!
Li Yanzhou, also known as Fatty Zhou, passed the Huiyuan exam, and his influence was much greater than that of Xu Laosan from Wei Guogong's family! Thirty-eight is far different from Huiyuan. This is the difference between quantitative change and qualitative change.
Fatty Zhou and the second-generation ancestors at this table almost all looked up at Fatty Zhou.
"Fat Zhou, no, Brother Li, you are really hiding your secrets."
"Brother Li, you are too awesome. You can only do it without making a sound. You are a blockbuster. Xu Laosan is only thirty-eight. You, Brother Li, are Hui Yuan and number one."
"Brother Li, please take good care of me from now on. If nothing else, I will drink wine and play oiran from now on. It will be on my account."
The second-generation ancestors who originally ridiculed Fatty Zhou unanimously changed their tone and congratulated Fatty Zhou. At this moment, Fatty Zhou's status in their hearts slowly rose. Just now they were congratulating Xu Laosan, the Duke of Wei. At this moment, everyone ignored Xu Laosan and gathered around Fatty Zhou to congratulate him.
Hedong in thirty years, Hexi in thirty years.
Xu Penghui, who came in 38th place in the general examination, originally came to Huaihou Mansion to stimulate Fatty Zhou Zhou, and by the way, he "shared" the good news with everyone. Everything was fine. Fatty Zhou was stimulated to no end. However, who knew that in the blink of an eye, the entire plot would undergo a subversive change.
Why did I provoke Fatty Zhou just now? Did Brother Zhou's good news come?
Fortunately, the most unlikely thing happened. The good news came. Not only did it come, but it was also good news that he was the first Huiyuan.
In the blink of an eye, Fatty Zhou went from being a failure to becoming a Hui Yuan.
The expression on Xu Pengju's face froze. My behavior of irritating Fatty Zhou just now seemed like a clown in front of Huiyuan.
The good news came too suddenly, catching Fatty Zhou off guard. The surprise came too suddenly. I wanted a green leaf, but you gave me a whole forest. In the joy, Fatty Zhou was stunned, but his fat face moved when the second-generation ancestors congratulated him. Only then did he come back to his senses.
Surprise, excitement
After Fatty Zhou came to his senses, he could hardly suppress the ecstasy in his heart. Is this really true? The old paper turned out to be Huiyuan.
"Ahem, brother Xu, my brother's good news is here." Fatty Zhou coughed, trying hard to suppress the surprise in his heart, putting the fat on his face into a calm expression, and using a calm tone. Looking at Xu Laosan, he said.
Haha, Xu Laosan, weren't you very awesome just now? You asked me angrily if the good news had arrived? !
Now, are you satisfied?
Fatty Zhou, not to mention how happy he felt at this moment, looked at Xu Laosan with squinted eyes, and every cell in his body felt like a rush. He felt so comfortable that his heart felt like it was in the clouds.
"Ahem, congratulations to Brother Li."
Xu Penghui said congratulations, but the smile on his face was a little forced.
"Same joy, brother Xu, the 38th place is also very good."
Fatty Zhou looked at Xu Laosan's deflated expression, not to mention how beautiful he was, and a smile appeared on his fat face. When he talked about thirty-eight, Fatty Zhou's tone specially strengthened a bit.
After watching with satisfaction that Mr. Xu was exhausted, Fatty Zhou turned his little eyes to the second-generation ancestors at the same table. He raised his little chubby hand, blew the unnecessary dust on his nails, and then asked thoughtfully: "Just now I thought I heard someone say that if I win the Huiyuan, someone will eat it on the spot?"
"Brother Li, just pretend that I drank too much horse urine just now. Brother, I will punish myself with three drinks. Didn't you say that my black-maned lion was good some time ago? I will give you that horse as a gift."
After hearing Fatty Zhou's words, the second-generation ancestor who had just mocked Fatty Zhou with Chixiang had a smile on his face. He took a step forward, put his arms around Fatty Zhou's neck, and begged for mercy with a smile.
"That's not good. A gentleman doesn't win anyone's love." Fatty Zhou became more reserved, but the fat on his face was full of energy.
"Okay, there's nothing wrong with it. BMWs deserve heroes." The second-generation ancestor insisted.
"Oh, I can't help you, I can't help you, then I'll do as you say." Fatty Zhou shook his head and sighed with a high spirit, as if he couldn't help you and was reluctant to accept it.
Starting from this second generation ancestor, everyone else expressed their feelings to Fatty Zhou one by one. Like the previous second generation ancestor, they all "persuaded" Fatty who wanted to refuse, and successfully made Fatty Zhou reluctantly accept their wishes.
The scene of the Marquis of Linhuai's birthday banquet was disturbed by the news that Fatty Zhou had won the title of Huiyuan.
The old lady of Linhuai Marquis Mansion was so happy that all the wrinkles on her face smoothed out, and she couldn't hide her smile no matter how hard she tried.
When Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu heard the voice announcing the good news, although he looked calm and composed, the wine glass in his hand was trembling. There was only half a glass of wine in the glass, but more than half of it spilled out.
The ladies in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion who had stayed in the house to avoid suspicion all walked out of the house excitedly at this moment, their faces flushed with excitement.
Li Shu also came out. Looking at the excited old lady and others, she also had a smile on her face, but her smile had a different meaning, like a little fox.
"Reward!" Mrs. Linhuai Hou said this word tremblingly, and then added, "Big reward."
There was already a person in charge, and as soon as the old lady finished speaking, he gave three ingots of silver as big as the palm of his hand, one ingot to each of the messengers who announced the good news. Each person received ten taels of silver. The messenger who announced the good news grasped the silver in his hand and was very happy. Those people at the intersection just now were right. The money given by the government was so generous.
Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of firecrackers and thunderclaps in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. It was much louder and lasted much longer than the one in the Duke of Wei's Mansion just now.
After the firecrackers were fired, the messenger handed the good news over with both hands.
It was better for the person concerned to receive the good news. Everyone at the birthday banquet of the Hou Mansion gave all this exciting moment to the person involved, Fatty Zhou of Huiyuan this time.
Fatty Zhou tried hard to control his excitement, stretched out his fat hand to take the big red bundle of good news rolled together, and slowly unfolded the good news with everyone's envious and jealous eyes, focusing on the good news.
Then
Then the smile on the fat man's face suddenly withered, as if he was constipated, and his small eyes that were originally squinted suddenly widened.
At the same time, the hands holding the good news started to tremble.
But in the eyes of everyone, Fatty's reaction was normal. He was excited, which was completely understandable. This was Huiyuan. After ten years of hard work, no one asked him about it, and he suddenly became famous all over the world. Seeing that his name was connected with Huizhen Enke Huiyuan, it was normal for the fat man to be excited.
It's just that Fatty was too excited this week, and it took too long. Why is his face deformed?
In the eyes of everyone, Fatty Zhou finally made his next move.
"Ahem...brother-in-law, fifth brother-in-law..." Fatty Zhou took a deep breath, raised his fat face, and looked towards the corner of the birthday banquet. There was still withered skin on his face. His smile was like that of a mourning concubine.
Hearing Fatty Zhou's shout, Zhu Pingan put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up. It seemed that he couldn't drink this cup of tea. When the messenger came to the Hou Mansion just now to announce the good news, Zhu Pingan knew it in his heart. This good news should probably be mine. However, everyone in the Hou Mansion was so excited that they fenced in Fatty Zhou and the messenger who announced the good news, and then there was a burst of noise and crackling firecrackers.
Even after Zhu Ping'an tried several times, he couldn't get close to the person who announced the good news. Even when he shouted a few times, he was drowned in the sound of firecrackers and noise, to no avail.
I couldn't see the surrounding scene, and my mouth was dry. I had no choice but to go back to the table and drink a cup of tea to moisten my mouth. Who would have thought that Fatty Zhou would call him at this time.
Fifth brother-in-law?
Who is it? Why are you calling him? Didn't the fat man above the table just look at this fifth brother-in-law with a picky eye? How come he is so affectionate now?
A few days ago, I heard various unsavory versions of the fifth uncle of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. He was a country bumpkin, ordinary to ugly, mediocre to the point of being incapable of making a living, and so on.
Then, everyone followed Fatty Zhou's line of sight and saw the only young man on a table in the corner of the birthday banquet, still holding a teacup and putting it in his mouth.
Sure enough, he looks ordinary, too ordinary, and he looks a bit honest.
Look at him, he's still stuffing tea into his mouth now, and he doesn't even miss a cup of tea. He's really worthless. It seems that people's rumor that he's mediocre enough to eat soft rice is true.
However, in the midst of everyone's disdainful gazes and mental activities, Fatty Zhou raised the red good news in his hand to Zhu Ping'an, with a constipated expression on his face, and his voice sounded like a mourning heir again:
"Ahem...brother-in-law, fifth brother-in-law...your good news."
Wait, what the hell?
Fifth brother-in-law, your good news? !
What do you mean, this good news belongs to that boy? !
That is to say, that boy turned out to be the Huiyuan who will test Enke this time? !
Next to Fatty Zhou, Xu Laosan, Duke of Wei, who had been stimulated for a long time, grabbed the good news from Fatty Zhou's hand and opened it. The words on the good news appeared in his eyes:
"Congratulations to Zhu Ping'an of Anqing Prefecture for winning the first place in the examination of Enke High School." (To be continued.)
