The night is like thick ink, deeply ground.
At this time, most of the people had already fallen asleep, and there were occasionally a few rooms in the inn with lights on, among which was Zhu Pingan who was reading by lamplight at night. There are several books arranged in an orderly manner on the desk, and Zhu Pingan is holding a character post, leaning forward slightly to read carefully near the oil lamp.
Outside a silence, occasionally came a few cuckoo calls, cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo!
The sleeping sweet demoness on the bed slightly opened her eyes, glanced at Zhu Ping An who was steadily sitting there reading a book, and fell back into a deep sleep.
With the lamp night reading Zhu Pingan slightly hooked down the corner of the mouth, will once again immersed in the word post, read more often, will gradually touch the fishing old man said in the book of the three flavours, although vague, but there is a feeling of touching the hand.
As the night deepened, all the lights in the inn also went out one after another, and the night took full control of heaven and earth.
Early the next morning, Zhu Pingan got up much earlier than usual, to put the insights from reading the calligraphy posters last night into the tip of his pen to see how it would work out, it was like lifting a new car and couldn’t wait to take it out for a spin.
The Taihu Lake is quiet, empty, that day the fishing old man as if the game accidentally met the npc brush a copy of the same, just see so once, never encountered again.
Spread the black wooden board, full of a dip in the water, wrist slightly force, the tip of the pen fell on the black wooden board, this moment the brush as if it had a soul, the feeling can almost be described in one word, that is, the pen like a god. The words on the black wooden board seem to have flesh and bones, one by one, jumping out of the board, calling out.
That bottleneck, finally broken!
After the sun rose, Zhu Pingan put away the black wooden board and the brush and bamboo tube, felt out a volume of hand-copied books from his school bag, and leaned against the boulder to quietly flip through them.
The next day is also the same rhythm, when the boatman fishing horn is far away, Zhu Pingan will collect the book, installed in the portable slanting bag, Shi Shi returned to the inn, again in the middle of the road by the eldest uncle and other people intercepted, pushed again to see the recruitment list. This time, I came earlier, the list was only just posted.
His own surviving hometown, this time did not continue to be lucky, fell off the list.
The old townsman who lost his soul, then suddenly clapped his hands and stammered with one finger pointing at the list.
What?
Zhu Pingan is a little worried about this old township, don’t be stimulated by something.
“Swine, give Uncle your seat number again!”
Eldest uncle Zhu Shouren’s tone was urgent, as if he was in a mood of excitement that was hard to suppress.
“Yiyou,” Zhu Pingan repeated at his words.
A word out, there seems to have received what stimulation of the old township of the failed list, but again heavily clapped his hands, the mood seems to be a lot better, “This is good, I’m not alone, An brother can return home with me, heh”.
“B list no, A list also no.” Uncle Zhu Shouren touched the beard looks like regret said, “hey, swine child this with said that the list, but also million not discouraged, since the county test all the way, times A list, swine child is also considered rare, and to wait for uncle to go back to the book with you warm.”
Uncle finished, and then sighed, emotionally said, “our Zhu family will look at me this time, heavy duty in the body, will not let you disappointed.”
The other two old folks who were already child students like the eldest uncle also came over to comfort Zhu Pingan and the other old folks, saying that they would take Zhu Pingan together to the Drunken Monarch House in the evening to get drunk.
“It shouldn’t be, I played better than usual this time.”
Zhu Pingan muttered, at this time he also looked over the entire list, indeed, there is no seat number for himself on the B list, and there is no seat number for himself on the A list, it should not be the case that he played better than usual in this exam.
“Brother An don’t want to be so, each person will say so when the list, come come come, and go with me and so on to a drunken solution to a thousand sorrows.”
Zhu Pingan murmured although the voice is small, but was also heard by the surrounding people, everyone has to comfort, of course, the language of comfort is not so pleasant to the ear just.
The eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and others feel that this is the normal state, feel the imperial examinations are finally on track, seems to be some surprise it.
Zhu Pingan looked at the list, still puzzled.
The people comforted, then pulled Zhu Pingan and another failed townspeople together to eat wine.
Just when the crowd fast Zhu Pingan who has been looking at the list dragged away, then heard a crowd of noise, the original just opened the list of small officials are to the A list of the most round centre of the place to paste a bowl of red paper, red paper is the list of the first place, the second case of the head of the list of the recruitment of the first place.
The seat number on the red paper is exactly Zhu Pingan’s seat number: “Yiyou”.
Time seemed to have stood still, as if the eldest uncle and the others were all unable to hide their disappointment at the moment, their faces astonished. Previously, Zhu Pingan in the A list let them greatly surprised, this time it is difficult to finally not in the A list, B list also did not, but never thought that they and other people do not dare to dream of the head of the case so fell on Zhu Pingan.
Similarly, Zhu Pingan is also surprised, did not think that he can also be in the first place, although the preparation for a long time, although the inside of the examination questions have a very good understanding of their own, but also never thought that they can be in the first place.
Although this first place is only temporary head of the case, the gold content is not high, wait until the three exams finished, with a long case list, that first place is the real head of the House test, but also can not wear out the difficulty of this first place, after all, is more than three hundred after many screening of the best of the best group of people.
This dramatic turn of events, so that the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and others have some difficulty in accepting, although it is difficult to hide the loss but still want to pull Zhu Pingan to eat wine, can not just say please this will not please it, that is not a slap in the face. However, the mood is not high, especially the townspeople who failed, but also pulled a long face.
It is estimated that the literati are contemptuous of it, there may also be a component of jealousy, perhaps there are other more complex factors, they let the eldest uncle and other people do not quite treat it.
Zhu Pingan was not without eyes, so he politely refused. Zhu Pingan refused, the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren and others did not insist again, pulling the townspeople who failed to pass the examination towards the restaurant, looks like it is again going to be the rhythm of the all-night stay.
On the other side of the Tongcheng Xia Luoming and other people gathered around, is a disdainful face looking at the list of cloudy chat:
“Although I don’t know ‘yiyou’ is who,, but this seat is not you and me and others, and not the other counties case head and familiar with the top ten, I expect that it is just a hit the big luck of the lucky ones.”
“All brothers, do not be discouraged, this is just a table judge only, in the three exams accounted for the proportion of the smallest but, the four books, eight stocks and thesis is the basis for the final decision.”
“That’s right.”
And their mouth hit a big lucky lucky man Zhu Pingan, at this time has already quietly left the release of the list of venues, along the street scent to find delicious snacks to go.
