Mr. Kou blew out the oil lamp and lay down on the bed.
The autumn wind blew into the room. Mr. Kou opened his eyes and his thoughts were swirling in his heart.
I have been studying since I was a child, and I have had dreams when I was young, that is, to be a child, a scholar, or a good candidate. However, in the cruel reality, these dreams have become gray.
After repeated thinking, relying on the skill of fortune-telling, he defected to the Yu Mansion. Yu Mansion was the home of the county magistrate. It had many officials and Jinshi, and there were many young scholars.
Zheng Cheng, the chief steward, once said: "There are many strange people in the Yu Mansion, either with force or intelligence. Your tricks cannot be put on the stage. Mr. Dai is ten times farther away from you. You can only accept it if you are true to your duty."
People respect you.”
Thinking of this, I couldn't fall asleep. I lay down for a while and finally got up.
He lit the oil lamp again, and the flame of the lamp was glowing faintly. Mr. Kou squinted at a piece of paper, but it was Ye Qing's information. He read it carefully and stared at "Go out, stop him, kill him immediately, Chang Yang."
"Let's go" I read it several times and sighed: "This son may be a serious problem for you, but it's a pity that you haven't decided to get rid of it yet."
Only those who have been servants for a long time understand the difficulty involved. The courage of a run-of-the-mill young man to dare to kill someone is really terrifying.
But Mr. Yu didn't take it seriously. It wasn't that Mr. Yu didn't see it, but for people like Mr. Yu, killing a slave was no different from killing a chicken, so he couldn't understand Ye Qing's plight and courage at that time.
Of course, Mr. Kou also knew that killing a child was a blatant offense to the court and the laws of heaven. The young master should not be so casual.
After thinking about it for a moment, a gust of cool wind hit me. I couldn't help but shiver, and I heard the faint sound of rolling thunder. Gradually, I said with a firm expression: "That's all, the young master doesn't care. I am a guest of the young master, but I have to take care of the young master.
"
Thinking of this, he got out of bed, put on his clothes and said, "Come here!"
"Here!" the two soldiers responded.
"Don't wear armor when you go out. Take off your armor and follow me out."
"Yes!" Both of them were burly and murderous. They took off their armor as ordered, but carried long knives.
Mr. Kou thought to himself: "My authority is only to lead two soldiers in the palace, but it is more than enough to deal with one child."
"If you can't kill this person, you must also get the maid. The maid is charming but has good luck, which will be of great benefit to the young master."
"Furthermore, humiliating this son will break his spirit, and he will be suppressed in the poetry meeting."
After making up his mind, he saw the light rain outside, so he took an umbrella and went out. The rain was not heavy and it was cool, so the man walked slowly and walked slowly, and arrived at the restaurant in a moment.
"Oh, sir, are you dining or staying in a hotel?" At this time, the hotel was very bright with candles, and there were seven or eight guests below, some eating, some drinking and chatting.
"Is Young Master Ye here?" Mr. Kou asked.
When the waiter heard this, he said: "Here, you are also meeting Mr. Ye? But it is late at night now, and Mr. Ye may have fallen asleep."
"It's still early, so I probably haven't gone to bed yet, so why not introduce me?" As he said this, Mr. Kou took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it away.
The clerk stretched out his hand and took it. He had been a clerk for many years, so he had an eye for goods. He took it and weighed it. It was a thin and deep piece of silver. It was probably one or two heavy. He suddenly smiled and bowed and said: "
Thank you for the reward!"
With that said, he led me in front and went inside.
It was just dark now, and there were still guests upstairs. The sound of bamboos could be heard loudly, and the group of people walked along the corridor towards a private room, their footsteps falling in step with the wind and rain.
At this time, Ye Qing was standing and thinking about something. He saw dark clouds, raindrops falling, and a gust of wind passing by. He sat down on a chair and meditated quietly.
At this time, Ye Qing's excuse to the Ye family was that "in the summer season, for the scholar county examination, I went to the lake to escape the heat and relax my thoughts."
After traveling for more than ten days, I was really caught in the conflict between qi and qi. Fortunately, Qianqian was good at mediating. I really met the Dragon King and saw the unfathomable depths in person. However, many troubles were revealed, and my heart became pure.
Now I took a look at the inner room, and there was a faintly beautiful face sleeping. My thoughts slowly dispersed, expanding between the lake and the sky, to infinity.
Ye Qing's encounter at the Huanglong Tower was pretty good in his own mind, but when he climbed up to the Dragon Palace a few days later, he was afraid that it was not just a test of a poem, and it was not a court recruitment, and he would not be able to use a magic weapon to make it seem fair.
Rumor has it that at the Taiping Dragon Lord’s banquet that day, there were many scribes, exchanges of words, open and covert attacks, rounds of confrontation must be a comprehensive confrontation, from literary spirit, talent, knowledge, to appearance, size, luck, and finally the Dragon Lord commended the scholars
He is also worthy of his talent. He will be ranked first on the third list in the future and will be a "Tongjinshi". He will be just a short distance away from entering the second list.
The second list is for the official Jinshi. There are only thirty people on the same list, but they are all talents gathered from the two thousand miles of Cai Dynasty.
"Although I am not afraid of talent and knowledge, how can I be sure that I can suppress talents of this level in this comprehensive competition and come out on top?"
Ye Qing's thoughts revolved around this core issue, and he gradually pondered it carefully while sitting, lying, and walking, patiently peeling off the cocoons in order to gain the upper hand.
A knock on the door woke Ye Qing up, and he couldn't help but frown: "Who?"
"Master Ye, we have a visitor." There was a knock on the door. Ye Qing stood up, pulled the curtain, and immediately closed the inner room.
Then he went to open the door and opened it a crack. Someone pushed it and the door opened. A gust of rain suddenly swept in, making Ye Qing shiver.
There were always three people in front of him, one seemed to have met them before, he was about thirty years old, holding an umbrella, and the other was a clerk. Ye Qing glanced at the two behind him, and he was immediately stunned.
"It turns out you are a guest, please come in!" Ye Qing smiled, but said to the waiter: "If you have a guest coming, how can you not have wine? How about this, you go back and call for a banquet, just say I want it..."
After saying that, he smiled and turned sideways to let people in. Mr. Kou smiled and said: "It's late at night, that can make Mr. Ye spend a lot of money..."
"Everyone who comes here is a guest, so we cannot but entertain them!" Ye Qing said with a smile: "Also, bring more candles, it's hard to talk in the dark night."
Mr. Kou was startled when he was choked, but it was not appropriate to stop him at this time, so he said slowly: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey..."
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were getting thicker, and heavy thunder could be heard from time to time. After the four people entered, Mr. Kou and Ye Qing sat down, and the two people behind them stood on the left and right.
Mr. Kou glanced at Ye Qing and saw that he looked careless and a little disappointed. He smiled and said, "I have admired your name for a long time. I couldn't sleep thinking about it at night. I came here to visit you and invited Haihan."
Ye Qing smiled and said: "I don't dare, I'm just a little boy, and this poem is not the right way to take the imperial examination, it's just a literary game."
As he spoke, he chanted: "I am in a down and out wine shop, my waist is slender and my palms are light, I have dreamed of Yangzhou for ten years, and I have won the reputation of a brothel!"
Ye Qing chanted, and Mr. Kou was immediately surprised and fascinated by the poem. Every line of this poem fell in his heart.
How many literati could not pass the imperial examination, so they had to turn their Taoist articles into the knowledge of entertaining brothels, which really won the reputation of brothels!
He woke up in a blink of an eye, sighed with emotion, and said: "——It's really good, but it's just a little decadent. But the young master is a child, so he really can't mess with this."
As he spoke, he looked at Ye Qing: "My young master heard his poems in a restaurant and thought they were very good. But it's a pity that now that the Holy Emperor is in power and the politics are clear, the young master should read the Three Classics and Five Classics seriously."
As he spoke, he smiled brightly, and after giving instructions, someone carried a package and placed it on the table, which was filled with snow-white silver.
"This is a gift of silver from my young master to help him study!"
"Thank you for your kindness!" Ye Qing said with a smile: "I am only fifteen years old. This time I come here to relax my literary thoughts. I don't want to thank you for your kindness."
"However, although I am not rich, I have no worries about food, and I have no relatives or relatives... I don't deserve this gift of silver. Sir, I must have some intention when I come here. Sir, you can tell me directly."
"..." Mr. Kou was startled, then smiled: "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Ye, this is indeed my young master's good intention. His poems are romantic, but they are just a small way. Three classics and five classics are the main road. My young master loves talents as much as his life. I can't bear to see Mr. Ye."
You are sinking, so you specially sent me to give you silver."
"It's just a small thing. My young master came here, but he didn't bring the family maid with him. I came here to ask Young Master Ye to give up his love and transfer the maid to me." When Mr. Kou said this, he smiled and said: "This is here.
It is a trivial matter to have an aristocratic family, and I am sure the young master will not be reluctant to part with it."
It turned out that he wanted Qianqian. Ye Qing was furious and immediately changed his expression. Leng Sensen said: "I came here late at night. It was a bit strange. I didn't expect it to be a bad visitor. Qianqian is my beloved. You and I don't talk to each other and don't get along with each other."
Mou, it’s night, please go back!”
After saying that, he stood up and turned away the guests with a word of his hand.
Mr. Kou has seen a lot of people, and he knows that many times, with intimidation, even if an unreasonable request is made, it is difficult for the other party to refuse directly. If the time comes, he will just threaten a few words, and suddenly, unexpectedly, the young man will fall out.
For a moment, I couldn't think of any words, so I just said: "We are from the Yu Mansion..."
"I know you are from the Yu Mansion. The two people behind you are wearing plain clothes, but their bodies are well-proportioned and their aura is calm. They must be first-rate warriors. If my prediction is correct, they must have practiced the Great Yi Martial Arts!"
At this point, Ye Qing sneered and pointed: "The great road to the sky, although warriors are small, this sutra has been refined over time. It is only circulated among the noble families and the military. Don't I know?"
"And you, with your literary spirit, have a shadow with you. You must have been telling people's fortunes for a long time, leaking big secrets. It is difficult to live a long and happy life, and it is rare to die. If you restrain yourself, you will still have ten years to live. If you act in the opposite direction,
I'm just afraid that my life will be in danger."
Having said this, Ye Qing smiled contemptuously: "As I expected, your status in the Yu Mansion is normal. Did you bring someone into the house today to intimidate me?"
"This is so stupid. I am a high-ranking boy. Although I am in a humble position, I am protected by the laws of the emperor and the heaven. I dare not say that my reputation is spread throughout the county, and my reputation is spread throughout the county. Who are you, who dares to lead troops to intimidate me?"
"Do you believe it or not, if I open my mouth and shout, something unexpected may happen in the future, but now your young master will come to apologize overnight to restore the reputation of Yu Mansion?"
At this point, Ye Qing said: "You, why don't you get out?"