"Crack!!!"

Flashes of firecrackers sounded, and a group of children were hilariously walking around the streets. Adults were also walking on the streets, and vendors were hawking goods.

Lanterns on the street illuminate the entire Zetianfu street. In the dark, they can already move like the daytime.

For a moment, Zetian Mansion was also full of lively atmosphere. It was August 15th, which was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And on this bustling street, a group of people carrying sedan chairs were as quiet as stagnant water, passing by the bustling crowd.

The place they passed by brought a sensation of a gloomy wind. When the lanterns hung on the road were blown by the gloomy wind, they became slightly darker and the flames became much smaller. Only when the sensation wind passed would they return to normal.

The pedestrians on the side couldn't help but tremble when they were blown by the cold wind.

"What a strange wind." A middle-aged man trembling couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, this wind is so weird." The pedestrian on the side also responded.

"That's right, the last time I saw this strange wind was in Shajun." The middle-aged man looked at the young man who responded to the conversation.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the young man immediately said in surprise: "Are you from Shajun? I am from Shajun too."

"Are you from Shajun too?" The middle-aged man looked at him in surprise.

Then the two began to chat, and the more they talked, the more they became more and more speculative, and they had forgotten all the strange cold wind before.

Li Si lifted the curtain at this time and looked at the lively scene outside. His eyes showed a look of sighing, and he sighed: "It's Mid-Autumn Festival."

The last time I celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, I was eating a five-nut mooncake on the street alone, but now I am experiencing the disaster of life and death, so I couldn't help but sigh.

And at this moment, he suddenly saw a tall mansion on the side of the road, with a crowd of people.

Li Si looked at the plaque in the mansion, and his eyes showed a complex look, and said, "It turned out to be the governor's yamen."

At this time, a deer banquet was being held in the governor's yamen, so it was normal for a large number of people to come.

Then, Li Si turned her head and asked the woman who had been following the sedan chair: "How long will it take for us to arrive?"

Listening to Li Si's question, the woman turned her head, glanced at him with a sinister look, reached out to grab the curtain, pulled it up rudely, and said nothing.

The curtain was pulled up, and the sedan chair was immediately sunk into the darkness. Li Si was also slightly stunned, then shook her head and sighed in her heart.

This woman was burned to death, and it was normal for her to be so angry.

Then he stopped lifting the curtain, closed his eyes in the sedan chair and meditated, cultivated his spirit, and prepared for a life and death situation.

Fortunately, this sedan is not carried by people and is very stable, so he can take a good rest.

And it was at this time that in the governor's yamen, many scholars were chanting "Lu Ming Ci", and the loud sound of reading resounded all over the world.

Then, the Governor and Wang Qian and other officials encouraged many candidates. At the same time, after the Lu Ming Banquet, many candidates either returned to their hometowns or went to the capital to participate in the imperial examination.

These officials are also giving farewells to many students.

After the farewell ceremony was over, the Lu Ming Banquet was approaching, and the governor stopped talking to the candidates in the audience and began to form a circle with the examiners and had a great conversation.

The same is true for the picks in the audience, in groups of three or five, looking extremely harmonious.

"Brother Qin, come and drink!" Zhang Yuan toasted Qin An.

Qin An was already blushing at this time, but when he saw Zhang Yuan toasting, he couldn't refuse. He picked up the wine pot from the side, poured a glass of wine and touched Zhang Yuan, and drank it all in one go.

"Okay, Brother Qin An really has a good drinker." Zhang Yuan laughed, then raised his glass, raised his head and drank it all.

After drinking, Qin An looked at Zhang Yuan and sighed: "Brother Qin and I fell into old ways at first sight. This is the first time I have seen someone who knows you and me in the same year."

At this time, he was extremely impressed by Zhang Yuan. His knowledge made him look at him with admiration, and he felt ashamed of himself in some places.

"Hey hey hey..." Zhang Yuan waved his hand, then smiled and pointed at a middle-aged thin scholar in the distance, saying, "Then Zhu Jian is the first in the provincial examination. His knowledge must be better than you and me. How can he say he has never seen it?"

When Qin An heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "But..."

"But what." Zhang Yuan laughed, interrupted Qin An's words, and said, "It's already rude that Lu Mingyan has not paid homage to this Jie Yuan yet.

Let's go and see who this Jie Yuan is, who is pressing on you and me."

As he said that, Zhang Yuan pulled Qin An and walked towards Zhu Jian.

When Qin An heard Zhang Yuan say that Zhu Jian was pressing above him, he felt a little uncomfortable. He turned to look at Zhu Jian with a hint of hostility that he had not even noticed.

Zhu Jian seems to be over forty years old, although he is the Jieyuan. But he is not convinced. If he is also of this age, then who will win Jieyuan may be the one who wins the Jieyuan.

Seeing the strange color on Qin An's face, Zhang Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.

Seeing the two of them coming, Zhu Jian no longer chatted with others and began to receive Qin An and the other two. These two were famous figures in the provincial examination, and he had to take them seriously.

Then the others saw that the top three in the provincial examination were here and they cared a little more about it. Some people also came over and wanted to have a good relationship with these three and get familiar with each other.

So, this place suddenly became the most lively place in the venue.

As soon as Zhang Yuan arrived here, he chatted with Zhu Jian very much. Every word he said could tick Zhu Jian's itch. For a moment, the two of them were like brothers, but instead left Qin An aside.

Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically and leaving themselves aside, Qin An felt extremely uncomfortable and his face immediately became a little unpleasant.

But he was also a scheming person, so he didn't have an attack immediately. Instead, he said to the many scholars beside him: "Now there are many people here, why not just let me check the couplets?"

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Jian with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

"Okay!" The other candidates agreed and agreed, with a look of eagerness in their eyes.

They are all the candidates of this time, so they are naturally all those with arrogance in their hearts, and they also want to compete for the best.

When other scholars from afar came over curiously when they heard this, they also agreed and joined in after hearing the other scholars' proposals.

Seeing this, the officials in the high hall asked the officials to come over and ask. After knowing that they wanted to talk about the couplets, they always looked at each other and didn't care. Everyone had their youth and frivolous times.

Some officials even asked the officials to move a table over and prepare all the pens, ink, paper and ink.

"Since it was your suggestion, why don't you start?" After the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were prepared, a steward said to Qin An with a smile.

When Qin An heard this, he did not refuse and bowed to the surroundings and said, "Then Qin will be shameless and ask for a question."

Then he thought for a while, then walked to the table and started writing, and at the same time he recited: "The green mountains are not ink for thousands of years."

When everyone heard this, they looked at the rice paper and then fell into deep thought.

"The flowing water has no strings and guqin." A voice came from the crowd, and everyone was stunned. Unexpectedly, someone would be in such a short time.

Then they looked at the person who made the sound, but saw Zhang Yuan standing there smilingly.

"Good pair!" One of the men immediately clapped his hands and applauded, and the others nodded and said yes. The look of looking at Zhang Yuan also showed admiration. In such a short time, he thought of such a neat second place in the provincial examination.

"Then I should be right." Zhang Yuan smiled, didn't care, and walked to the table.

Qin An nodded to him, handed him the pen, and said with a smile: "You come out."

"Then Qingfeng is interested in keeping me." Zhang Yuan took the pen, lowered his head and wrote on the rice paper.

When he heard the question, many of the students were also trapped in thinking, and for a moment they fell into silence.

Seeing everyone falling into deep thought, Qin Anduo glanced at Zhu Jian, and seeing that he was still thinking hard, a trace of disdain gradually appeared in his eyes.

Then he walked up and said, "I'm right, the bright moon has no intention of shining on himself."

Qin An's voice was extremely loud and it resounded throughout the audience.

When the others heard this, they immediately applauded.

The breeze is against the bright moon, intentionality is against the unintentionality, and it is also an extremely neat couple.

For a moment, everyone looked at him with admiration, knowing that the third place in the provincial examination was also an extremely capable person.

Then, everyone continued to pair up, and the atmosphere in the field suddenly became high.

However, Zhu Jian, who was the first in the provincial examination, did not answer a single answer, which made the eyes of many candidates looking at him strangely.

Being stared at by so many strange gazes, Zhu Jian also felt uncomfortable all over and his face turned a little red.

"Teach hard to understand the whole world." A middle-aged scholar gave a question and looked at Zhu Jian with some concern.

After hearing this first couplet, Zhu Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a warm current in his heart. He looked at the middle-aged scholar with more gratitude.

This middle-aged scholar is his fellow villager. He has also met couplets and this couplet before. This fellow villager is helping him.

Then he laughed and prepared to talk to the upper and lower lines to save face.

"Ambition to read all the books in the world." Suddenly, at this moment, a voice suddenly rang beside him.

Hearing this couplet, Zhu Jian's face froze. He turned to look, but saw Zhang Yuan looking at him with a smile.

"Did he do it on purpose?" This thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately saw Zhang Yuan looking away and talking to others.

It seemed as if it was his illusion.

"Hey, why are you facing each other again? But by the way, you are the second place in the provincial examination, really deserved it." Qin An smiled while comforting her.

The others also started to compliment each other when they heard the words.

But at this time, Qin An suddenly looked at Zhu Jian and said unhappily: "But Brother Zhu is He Yi. Now there are more than twenty pairs. Why are you wrong? Can't you look down on me?"

When Zhu Jian heard this, he had a fever on his face and was ready to explain that he was not good at pairings.

However, without waiting for his speech, Qin An continued to add: "I don't believe that you, as Jie Yuan, can't even match any of you twenty couplets."

When the other scholars heard this, they turned to look at Zhu Jian, and there was a little hostility in their eyes. If they didn't match it, it would be fine, but if they could match it, it was obvious that they looked down on them.
To be continued...