The conference is coming, and all the talents from all over the world will gather in Beijing. In the first month of the year, most of the northern officials took the bus to Beijing, where the imperial examinations were popular in the south, and the candidates with more experience were more likely to go to Beijing by boat a few months before the general examination, so that they could study safely.
Jinling, Suzhou-Hangzhou, Jiangxi, and Huguang are all major scientific examination provinces that have produced many scholars in the past. For example, Chen Qin, Zhu Han, Cheng Kai, Jiang Mian, etc. who can spread the name of talents in the south of the Yangtze River can be calculated to overwhelm the real talents in the whole country. scholar. And even if the Northern Juzi has a reputation in Beijing, in the eyes of the Southerners who are skilled in scientific research, he can only be regarded as a second-rate person.
Since the six talents from Qian'an entered Beijing at the invitation of Cui Xie, they have often heard such criticism. Even their review of "Three Kingdoms" taught people to be picky and flawless. They thought that they didn't read deeply enough, and the writing was sparse—even a boy of three feet in the south of the Yangtze River could write such words!
The talent name of the six talents is purely due to the color book called "Three Kingdoms" and the critical text printed on the outside of the page.
Guo Yong, Tang He, Wang Zhichang, and Lu An were all facing the exam. They were afraid that they didn't have enough time to study. Only Xu Liyan and Shen Zheng, who are not in the middle of the list, have nothing to do, and they bear the name of six talents. In Beijing, some friends and fans of the same year invited them warmly. Today's Poetry Club tomorrow's restaurant. Ear gossip.
They were indignant and wanted to argue with those people, but they were only scholars, and their poetry and poetry were not as good as those of the juren who had come out of the pile of talents, so they had to endure it depressedly.
They are willing to endure, but the other will not stop. After the discussion was over, the Qian'an people who dared to call themselves geniuses, then discussed the gap between the northern and southern Guozijian. A group of people touted each other, saying that the standard of the southern supervisor is higher than that of the northern supervisor. There is only one true talent in the northern supervisor, that is, Jiangxi Jieyuan Feihong, who was sent directly to the northern supervisor to study after failing the last scientific examination.
As for Cui Xie, a son of Qian'an, he just bought his reputation by compiling a few books with the help of his mentor, a literary master from Chaling in the south.
Xu Liyan finally couldn't bear it any longer, and slammed on the table: "Cui Hezhong is a really talented person, and his Qiuwei articles are sold in Ju'anzhai. How can you be the kind of person who makes a name for himself!"
The juzi gave him a contemptuous look: "Ju Anzhai's book? Apart from those sets of imperial examination notes, what else can be considered a good book? Even the imperial examination notes were not handwritten by Cui Hezhong, he just It was only after taking up a student status and having Li Xueshi help to ask someone to compile it."
Xu Liyan said angrily: "What do you know! He first came up with the title in the imperial examination notes series. This is Prince Lian..."
He was about to elaborate on how Cui Xie got on the road of being a test-taker, but he didn't want to be annoyed by a high-ranking guest who was drinking beside him.
The bearded young man who was wearing a bright red and a dark green cloak walked straight over, slapped it heavily on the desks, raised his eyebrows and said, "What nonsense are you saying that Ju Anzhai has no good books! Ju Anzhai's imperial examination notes You, Mr. Wang, haven't read it, their family's "Six Talents Commenting on the Three Kingdoms", "Wang Yaoniang Pipa Ji" and the newly released Jinyiwei comic book are all very good-looking, do you have eyes, dare to say that these books are not good!"
He was so frightened that he shivered, but seeing that he was wearing a melon rind cap, his aura was also rough, the sense of superiority of the talented person in his heart rose again, and he snorted: "It's just a painting for children to see. Ben, the painting is still Jin Yiwei... Is this kitsch thing worthy of being a good thing!"
The person surnamed Wang slapped them heavily: "Why is Jin Yiwei's painting book not a good thing, do you dare to say this to me at the door of Fusi in Beizhen? People who have never seen the world really shouted happily, "" Wang Yaoniang's Pipa Story is a play that the emperor likes to watch, can you see the emperor's side in your life!"
Those few candidates were about to take the exam, and they couldn't hear this curse the most, their faces flushed, and they said angrily: "Rough and rude..."
The warrior smiled: "In this large audience, you dare to insult the officials of the imperial court. This officer will go to the Secretary of General Affairs and Political Affairs and ask the Ministry of Rites if he wants a candidate like you! Hey, I really think I am Zhuge Liang, You can scold Wang Lang to death if you slap your lips and shake your tongue, but don't have the heart of Zhuge, but have a life of balance!"
A middle-aged man who was a few years older at his table shook his head and smiled: "Xiang Zhen is still like a raging fire. What to say to these people, they only know how to make other people's eyes hurt, how can they understand the hard work of our military attachés."
Another person smiled and said: "I think he has been calmer in the past two days after returning to Beijing. At least he doesn't dress up as Lv Bu or Zhao Yun and runs around. It would be beneficial to learn Zhuge Liang's tongue and fight against Confucian scholars. , follow the uncle to slowly experience for a few years, and naturally mature."
The middle-aged man said with a smile, "Where is he benefiting? It's because we don't like our clothes in Beijing. What's trendy is the tight clothes that Jin Yiwei likes to wear. He's in a hurry to wear new ones..."
The two of them at the table were talking and laughing to themselves. After Wang Xiangzhen finished fighting the Confucian scholars, he returned with a great victory. He proudly poured a cup for each of the two Shangguan colleagues, and said, "Happy! This time I can finally have a good time. I fell in love with Cui... I saw the color book published by our Qian'an Bookstore. After the palace exam, their family will hold a poem writing meeting for the six talents of the Three Kingdoms. It must be different from the poetry meeting of those sour scholars. It's a garden party like the general election of the Three Kingdoms and Five Beauties. When the time comes, my younger brother will treat you, and we brothers will all go to see and see!"
The two geniuses felt their hearts skip a beat when they heard it, and felt their chests and thought about the possibility—could it be that they had to sing, dance, and sing poetry on stage like the five beauties they mentioned... and show it
Nope!
When I turned around, I had to tell Cui Hezhong that they couldn't sing or dance, so they could only make do with reciting a poem on stage!
They were worried, and the prince sighed again: "I'm afraid that everyone will try this move, will it delay the release of the new "Jin Yiwei" painting book on the eighth day? This is the second volume. I went to Anqianhu and asked people to be kidnapped into the den of thieves. There was also a short and ugly Japanese slave who wanted to treat him badly. I could see that I was trying to save people. There's nothing new..."
This sentence aroused the anxiety of the whole house.
Even a few people who had just been scolded by Wang Gongzi, although they said that the comic strips of Jinyiwei were not worth watching, they had already bought the first two issues in private, and had read them more than once. Of course, they didn't just look at the beauties in it, and they didn't put themselves into Jinyiwei, but they loved that the story was written with ups and downs, and they had never seen before. And the poems and sentences that accompany the paintings are also intricate in every word. After reading it, it makes one's teeth and cheeks linger, and I can't help but read it again and again.
They don't know that the real owner of the bookstore is Cui Xie like Wang Gongzi, Shen, and Xu. They are worried that the bookstore will stop publishing new books because of his exams like he did in his year-old exam. Should you still buy it.
I bought it, read it, will the next day in the exam room be distracted by thinking about the tense stories in the book, which will affect their writing? If you don’t buy it, will it be because the new book has come out, the more you don’t buy it, the more you want to read it, and the more you think about it
Moreover, the exam is from the ninth to the fifteenth day of the junior high school, and there are still four days of rest in between. Can they control themselves not to buy books during these four days
This Juanzhai is really hateful, what new book will be published on the day of the exam!
I don’t know how many people secretly cursed Boss Ju Anzhai in their hearts. Cui Xie also cursed them to sneeze a few times behind his back. He hurriedly ordered someone to fry strong ginger soup, and by the way, he served them to the four talented students who borrowed from his house to prepare for the exam. a bowl.
I will try it soon, even if I don't get sick, I have to prevent it. So many years of hard work have been put on one game. If the wind and cold affect the performance, wouldn't it be a waste of time
The four Guo Yong were sitting in a mock test room, which he specially asked someone to copy from the Gongyuan Academy, and the air leaked from all sides. They were so cold that they had to drink such a bowl of strong ginger soup. There is also spirit. In the evening, when they came out of the test, they said, "I wrote down another experience. Even if you don't bring steamed buns on the day of the test, you have to bring some minced ginger. Come to the venue and drink ginger soup to warm up."
The mock test really works. If they haven't experienced this hardship at home beforehand, and they experience the coldness on the field, it will probably affect their thoughts on writing essays for a long time.
Xu Liyan and Shen Zheng waited until they got out of the "exam room", they couldn't help but tell them that Nanfang Shizi looked down on their Qian'an people, and asked them to take the test well. Face.
Cui Xie sneered and said, "They said that Ju'anzhai's Jinyiwei's courtyard books and picture books are not well written? Kitsch? Hehe, he had better ask God to worship Buddha, and hoped that his examination of this subject would be worse, otherwise..." Dare to diss the future first assistant Yang Da Lao's script, Wang Shengren's father and Han Lin's scripts are not well written? If this person is admitted to the Hanlin Academy, the bosses will teach him to reshape his three views in minutes!
Xu and Shen thought that he had written a poem and an article to scold those who didn't know how to compete, but they suddenly became energetic and said positively: "Anyway, they are from several Nanjing State Children's Prisons, and the leader seems to be called Father Ni or something. , the rest have no names. A righteous man surnamed Wang went over and scolded them on the spot. That righteous man Wang also liked Ju Anzhai's paintings and calligraphy, and said he wanted to participate in the poetry writing meeting of our six talents. We'll get him out for you!"
Cui Xie nodded: "This is a righteous man. When I go back and ask someone to make clothes for you, I will also make him a suit. I will give it to him as a hand and foot in the lottery, and reward him for protecting the reputation of our Qian'an talents."
What are you going to do for us
The six talents all said politely: "No need, we live in your house, and we do your questions and borrow your exam room, which has already taken a lot of money. How can we still make clothes from you?"
Mr. Cui smiled and said: "I must do it! Several brothers are talents who comment on the Three Kingdoms. When they came to the stage to write poems, they must have some Three Kingdoms charms. How can they wear blue satin and go up straight? The readers who are after you also look bad. What I mean. I have arranged for someone to choose clothes for you. When we finish the palace exam with peace of mind, the brothers will put on the new clothes of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and let the world see our romantic talents in Qian'an, okay?"
Also, okay... Anyway, Jingli has everything to wear now, and their wide robes and large sleeves are not out of the ordinary.
The six talents agreed silently, and Shen Zheng asked: "You guys have to take the exam, don't dare to waste your time, Ziyan and I don't have to take the exam, can you take a look at what kind of clothes they are?"
Cui Xie nodded with a smile: "It's naturally better that the two brothers are willing to help. We are about to enter the venue. If we don't care about this, the brothers will ask the shopkeeper. If you participate, the selection of talented people's costumes will definitely be done more successfully."
These two people don't need to take exams, and they are afraid that they will feel awkward when they stay in the capital. If you always go out to eat and drink, you are afraid that you will easily run into other talented people and criticize them, and you will be sullen. It is better to come and help them in Ju Anzhai to become the first adviser, the first poet, the first loyal minister, the first prime minister, the first general, The great selection of the first hermit.
The six first people were selected, corresponding to their six Qian'an talents. When they came to the stage to sign the sale, they changed into the clothes worn by the characters in the book. How eye-catching is this? How many readers will be willing to buy hardcover and ask them to sign the poem!
With gratitude, Cui Xie entrusted the important event to them, and together with the four talented people who were going to take the test, he packed the test basket: he brought a felt roof, a large piece of oilcloth for the door curtain, a leather jacket, a leather skirt, and leather boots. Not afraid of hard and dry biscuits, pancakes, homemade luncheon meat, a copper pot with a warm jacket and a thick dried ginger, and then the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for scientific research.
In the early morning of February 9th, it was still four shifts to check in. Cui Xie and the four talents from Qian'an came out early with baskets and exam tickets in their sleeves.
Outside such a strict examination room, he could vaguely hear someone say in the wind: "I was thinking about it for a long time the day before yesterday, but I went to buy a new comic book last morning, and I can't be at ease until I see that An Qianhu is safe and sound. Exams. Guess how the Japanese slave who wanted to be rude to An Qianhu died?"
Cui Xie quite likes to hear people say this, so he turned his ears slightly, wanting to hear how they commented on the new one-liners.
But those scholars who were standing close to the speaker and who had never read Xin Jinyiwei's picture book were going to hate him to death—he felt relieved after reading it, but when he was about to take the test, he had to say that these were provocative. How can someone else take the exam with peace of mind!