Ouyang Rong closed his eyes and lay on his back on the bed. He thought again of the postgraduate entrance examination group whose name sounded particularly serious.
In fact, when the group was first established, it was really for the postgraduate entrance examination, but as we all know, the postgraduate entrance examination group ended up talking about everything except the postgraduate entrance examination.
At first, someone mentioned the game while studying - no one realized the seriousness of the problem at the moment - and they naturally started chatting about playing black games... and then they became a gaming group, but this was just the beginning.
I don’t know if it was that day, but a new group member was added to the group. His profile picture was a funny smiling face wearing a feather fan scarf. As expected, he was also a guy who scolded Fang Qiu and dared to understand everything. Soon, the group governance mode was started;
Later, the 'group version' changed again, and the managers did not even distribute the postgraduate entrance examination materials, but only used mysterious codes and audio images that made the postgraduate entrance examination group members' physical strength and energy gradually weaken, and they were seriously malnourished... So one dark night On a windy night, they silently added a note to the group name, and finally it became "a postgraduate entrance examination group for gentlemen from such and such university (girls are not allowed to enter)".
"I'm fine now. I'm truly a gentleman." Ouyang Rong lamented.
The day before yesterday, he climbed out of the underground palace and fainted outside Beitian Courtyard. He was sent back to Sanhui Courtyard by the Little Monk Xiu-hair and others for rest. He was sometimes awake and sometimes comatose, and he stayed in bed intermittently for two days.
I finally digested most of the 'fight' memory in my mind.
There's good news and bad news about the original.
Good news, he turned out to be a gentleman.
Bad news, he turned out to be a gentleman!
It may sound a bit convoluted.
His original name was also Ouyang and Rong, but he also had the courtesy name Lianghan.
He was orphaned at the age of four and was frail and sick. His mother, Zhao, took care of the orphan and raised her to the Yin Dynasty. She hoped that her son would become a great success. Ouyang Lianghan was indeed successful. He had a kind and filial temperament and was famous in the countryside. He was also diligent and studious. He ranked first in the county examination and entered Bailu. Studying at Cave Academy.
In the first year of Jiushi of Weizhou, he ascended to the rank of 18th and became famous in Jiangnan Road. He was the youngest Jinshi from the south since the founding of Weizhou and even Liqian.
Why did he mention "Li Qian" after mentioning "Wei Zhou"?
It's because the current world was originally conquered by Taizong of the Li clan eighty years ago, and the country was named Qian. However, after the death of the third emperor of Daqian, the Empress Dowager Wei came to the throne to claim the throne, deposed his two sons one after another, ascended the throne in person, deposed Qian Zuo, changed the name of the country to Zhou, moved the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang, and called it Zhou. It has been eight years since Wei Zhou was established as the "Shen Capital".
At present, there are undercurrents surging in the Wei Zhou court. There are still many old ministers of Li Qian who care about Da Qian, and the empress is old. The battle for the imperial heir between the Li family and the Wei family has entered the final stage... Ouyang Rong understands the hair the other day. Why did the young monk change his tune?
However, when he was digesting this memory, it seemed familiar to him... However, after careful inspection, he found that this dynasty was still very different from the previous Tang Dynasty and Wu Zhou that he was familiar with. Not only did some of the key figures not match up. The most significant thing is that there seems to be a small group called "Qi Practitioners" in this world, which has been continued since the pre-Qin period and has participated in the entire historical process of nearly a thousand years.
At present, it is said that there are Qi practitioners in the court and army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It seems that each has its own system related to the Yin Yang family and the military strategist... And hearing that the Qi practitioners are the most deeply involved in the world and the largest force makes Ouyang Rong a little bit. Silently - they are the three sects of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, also known as the three manifest sects. I heard that there are still some reclusive people overseas and in famous mountains and rivers, but they are not active in joining the world, and it is not often heard of them being banned by chivalrous people...
Back to the original person.
Because he was the youngest among those who passed the imperial examination in the first year of Jiushi, and he was also handsome, he was directly selected as the Tanhualang at the Xingyuan Banquet in Luoyang, the capital of the gods. He was one of the most conspicuous ones in the same year except for the number one scholar in the new department. He was a proud man. , it’s a waste of time to see everything in one day.
I don’t know how many rich people want to get a son-in-law, but unfortunately he is a gentleman. During the imperial examination in Luo, he never went to a brothel. He was also jokingly called "not close to women" by Shilin, the holy capital.
If that's all, Ouyang Lianghan is at most a new star in the holy city of Shilin Qingliu. What really makes him famous all over the world is... he really takes care of things.
At the Xingyuan Banquet in Luoyang, after a few sips of wine, our newly promoted "Tanhua Lang" dared to write directly to the court with a red face, admonishing Empress Wei not to start a war on the border and to live with the people.
However, I don't know whether it was due to good luck, but there was still a noble person who spoke for her. When the empress heard her name, she was not angry but happy, and smiled and said, "The state of Zhou is very happy, and there are good men in the army."
This is a poem in "Daya", and it is also an allusion to Ouyang Lianghan's teacher at Bailudong Academy who gave him the name. The general meaning is: the people of Zhou State are all happy, and the state-owned pillars are peaceful.
Unexpectedly, the danger was saved at the Xingyuan Banquet. The empress of the Wei family accepted him, praised him as "the pearl of the southeast", and awarded him the straight name of Lintai; the last person to receive such an honor was Di Fuzi, the prime minister of the dynasty, who was once praised by the empress as "the only person in Dounan".
However, after the Xingyuan Banquet and the appointment of an official, Ouyang Lianghan had not yet taken office. A letter came from home saying that his mother had passed away. So without saying a word, he resigned and left Beijing and returned to his hometown of Dingyou. During this period, he was in mourning. In the past eighty years, among the officials of the imperial court, mourning has been the most rigorous.
As a result, Ouyang Lianghan's reputation for purity and filial piety spread widely, and his deeds of a loving mother and a filial son were widely circulated. They were almost the same as the twenty-four filial piety in the world. Even the imperial court made an exception and named his mother the Imperial Lady, setting a good example...
With this opportunity, it stands to reason that after returning to Beijing, he should be lying on his back. However, the title of "gentleman" recognized by the world is not so easy to come out.
After the original mother Ding's worries were over, she returned to Beijing and just took office, and once again risked her life to remonstrate.
This time, he pointed the finger at Princess Changle, who was extremely noble and favored beyond the control of the court. He accused her of buying properties to benefit the people and partying and gathering party members.
Princess Changle was the youngest daughter of the Empress. Even though only a few of the Liqian princes were slaughtered by their iron-blooded mother, she was still alive and kicking. Naturally, she was favored by Empress Wei.
The empress was so angry that she dismissed Ouyang Lianghan from his official position in court. He had a fifty-fifty imperial staff. If it hadn't been for the persuasion of veterans from both the government and the public from the Bailudong Academy, he would have been imprisoned.
Soon after, it seemed that due to the boiling public opinion in Shilin, the city of God, the original person was suddenly reinstated and promoted; however, he was promoted openly and demoted secretly, kicked out of the city of God, and drove to Jiangnan, one of the ten places in the world. On the border of Jiangzhou, he became the magistrate of Longcheng County, a remote county.
In this Zhengqipin Longcheng Order far away from the prosperous Luoyang, where can there be the Zhengjiupin Xia Lintai Zhengzi Qinggui who "only drinks to send spring, but can't sell the day but chess"?
However, after this incident, the four characters "Ouyang Lianghan" have been linked to a gentleman, and he became famous all over the world. Scholars from both north and south praised him and praised him as "Lianghan, a true gentleman".
However, Ouyang Rong sighed after roughly digesting these memory fragments.
Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, he pointed at his nose and cursed himself:
"What a good boy, you are really a model who can't hold your head clearly. I've lost so much this time. In addition to the false reputation, all I've lost is my pants. No, there's also this officially certified handsome face that I can't take away. ...However, even though he didn't realize that he was being used as a knife, he just threw it away after use. The person behind him was afraid of the sticky knife.
"The empress of the Wei family, Si Chen, did not set up the country properly. The Zhou Dynasty seemed to be blooming with flowers, but in fact it was boiling in flames. The people of the Liqian royal family have not lost their hearts. Even if there are now a cowardly group and there are not many clans left, but The general trend of public sentiment is still there.
"There are probably a lot of people inside and outside the court who sympathize and miss me. The Guanlong clan from Conglong was still deeply rooted when the country was founded, especially the traditional conservative forces of civil servants. They have been away from Qian for seventy years to support scholars. These can be cut off at any time. Yes, it is impossible to say that your mentor and the big guys from Bailudong Academy are also the cadres who silently stand behind the team, hoping that the empress will return the Zhengli clan, and another wave of dragons will turn out to be good for you.
"Hey, no matter how overbearing and arrogant Princess Changle is, she still has the surname Li. It's hard to say that the few remaining seedlings of the Li family have relied on her to cover and develop over the years. Generally speaking, they are aligned with the Baogan faction. , why are you competing with her? You were directly used as a sharp knife by... Wei family, and did they protect you later? You just relied on your false reputation and academy background, but you can't say the princes in the court who helped you pave the way. Now look at it You look like a fool...
"Those literati below are just people who are just looking for fame and entertainment. The false reputation they gave you can be used as a hammer. And believe it or not, relegating you to Longcheng County to control floods may also be a trap. If you take it, you are a If the vase cannot be cured by the flood, it will lose its reputation...
"Forget it, none of these people are good people."
Ouyang Rong opened his eyes, stared at the bed curtain and said to himself: "I am just a political diver, so I understand all the principles. Fortunately, you are still a Jinshi. You have no sense of smell. You can only read and take exams, right?"
"...What, you said that you actually guessed something, but you still submitted a letter early the next morning? The princes in the court didn't say a word, but you had to say it when you saw it. You asked the old servant to tell you before you went to the palace. Are the coffins ready?"
The bed was quiet for a while.
"Okay, no wonder he's more promising than me, but he's just a little bit useless."
Ouyang Rong sighed and got up, put on his clothes and walked to the washbasin next to the bed.
He glanced at the distant mountains outside Xiaoxuan's window: "This is a high-end game."
Then he lowered his head and looked at the thin face in the basin. He said that he did look a bit like Hu Ge, or Hu Ge from Xianjianyi. I just didn’t know if the wound on his forehead would leave any scars in the future...
Forget it, if you give others a way to survive, isn't this a kind of merit?
A little trick to accumulate merit every day, Ouyang Rong smiled, and his mood seemed not so bad. Maybe the Buddha would send him home one day when he had accumulated enough merit, right?
"The original person is almost exactly the same as me. It may be me in a parallel time and space. From this point of view, I still have great potential in studying, as long as I don't memorize the damn words..."
Suddenly, Ouyang Rong immediately pulled out his washing hand. Without enough time to wipe it, he jumped back into the bed as fast as a rabbit, lay down again, closed his eyes and pretended to breathe rhythmically.
A burst of chaotic footsteps came from far to near outside.
In the past two days, people from all walks of life came to see him, including the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and chief registrar of Longcheng, as well as the county's sages, gentry, and celebrities, but he did not go to see him because he was "coma."
There are some things that Ouyang Rong hasn't completely thought about yet, and he doesn't want to see these foxes who pretend to care for the time being.
Before anyone outside arrived, Ouyang Rong heard two arguments in the corridor, one of which was familiar and the other unfamiliar.
"Don't stop me, what did you do to Mingtang? Why don't you let me see you? Are you doing that kind of thing again that hangs the patient's life and 'slow water flows'?!"
"Master Xiaoyan, this is not a joke. You are also from Longcheng County. How could our Donglin Temple do such a thing as a roadside wild doctor!" Xiufa seemed to be frightened.
"Humph, it's best not to. I'm telling you, Mingtang is a Jinshi appointed by our Emperor Zhou. If something happens to your temple... you can wait for the rest of your life for all the people, old and young, to go up and build the pagoda."
"Hey, the catcher is joking. The county magistrate sees that he is a man of great righteousness. In the future, he will probably go to the Confucian Temple to accompany the sage. With good fortune, how can anything happen?" Xiufa sighed, " ...Building pagodas, our temple really can’t build any more pagodas, several have collapsed inexplicably.”
"I know your temple is immoral." The man named Xiaoyan was a little angry, "Then why don't you let me see Mingtang?"
"Our host said that the county magistrate is tired and needs to rest."
"I'm still resting. It's been almost three days and I still haven't woken up! You lied to me before and said it would only take two days at most. I believe you are evil!"
"This... the young monk doesn't know. It's strange, why haven't you woken up in broad daylight? The county magistrate, he gets up every time to eat."
"Get away!"
"Ouch, it hurts, Mr. Catcher, Mr. Catcher, you can't kick. We have an old saying in Longcheng: first, don't hit the monk, and second, don't hit the yellow and thin man. The little monk has both, oh, don't hit, don't hit the outsiders, yes Merits will be deducted..."
"I am just the same size as you!"
"..." Beautiful hair.
Squeak——
Ouyang Rong heard the sound of the door being pushed open from the outside.
"Mingtang!"
With his eyes closed, Ouyang Rong felt a strong wind blowing around him, and someone had arrived.
This man should be called Yan Wuxie, the son of a Longcheng County captain, similar to Ouyang Rong, who had just replaced his father as a thief-catcher in the Yamen, and was also the chief of the fast-catchers.
However, although he looked a little fussy, he was very conscientious. That day, Ouyang Rong lost his footing and fell into the water, and it was he and several cooks who jumped into the water to save him.
Some impressions flashed through Ouyang Rong's mind, and he felt his arm being pushed a few times. He continued to close his eyes and pretend to sleep, relaxing and breathing.
The person in front of the bed seemed to stare at him for a while, and then... suddenly there was a "Cheng" sound, and he suddenly drew his sword and raised it.
Holy shit! No more... Ouyang Rong's breath was suffocated. At this moment, his mind was only occupied by one thought:
Is it Princess Changle? Or was it sent by the Wei family to finish the job? Is it necessary to do something so extreme...
