At night, there was a restaurant about two miles away from Panlong Lake. The seats were almost full, the lights were bright, and the sound of playing, playing, and singing continued to come from the rooms in the building. The melodious sound made passers-by linger and refused to leave directly.
The second floor has been fully paneled and paved. The fans and pillars are carved with stories about immortals. The squires and scholars are chatting and laughing happily, but most of the people in this private room have regretful expressions on their faces.
Fang Xi, who had filled a glass of wine for her father, shook her head: "It's a pity. I originally thought that I could at least meet Su Xiandi once and have a few words, but in the end I could only take a look from a distance. Alas!"
Yu Lu was also a little annoyed and hurriedly comforted him: "Don't sigh, cousin. The fourth floor is a banquet for the imperial envoy and the governor, and they are all accompanied by the magistrate and the governor."
"The third floor is the official body."
"We can already occupy the space on the second floor."
"The officialdom has its own system, and Brother Su Xian has no control over it. When you pass the Juren exam next year and go to Beijing to take the examination, why worry about not being able to see you?"
That's true, but it's very difficult to pass the exam. How could it be so easy to pass the exam?
Sitting at the same table with them was a Du Juren who had a new acquaintance with Fang Wenshao. He was considered young and promising. He passed the Juren Examination before he was thirty years old. When he heard Yu Lu's words, he couldn't help but glance at Yu Lu.
Yu Lu was the one who persuaded, so he was already confident. Fang Xi, the person being persuaded, was also confident and nodded: "What my cousin said is that in order to go to Beijing with you, I have to work harder.
, when the time comes, a few of us will pass the exam together and go to the capital to look for Su Xiandi to be a wealthy family!"
Fang Wenshao, the father, coughed slightly and signaled his son to pay attention.
Yu Lu understood it faster than Fang Xi, and immediately changed the subject and said, "I heard that the imperial envoy ship will leave for Beijing at night. I don't know if it is true or not."
Zhang Sheng answered: "It must be true, otherwise, why would you be so anxious?"
"Looking at it this way, we really don't have a chance to meet and talk to Su Xiandi this time."
As soon as these words came out, the wine that Ben was drinking became even more tasteless.
If it weren't for the purpose of meeting and talking to Su Ziji, they really wouldn't like this occasion.
It's quite lively to see them staying on the second floor, but on the second floor, they are all from the same circle, and those with official status are not in the mainstream.
The officials were all drinking and eating on the third floor. The chatter, laughter and the sound of music and bamboos coming from above were not clear and could only be heard faintly.
But this kind of clear boundary made Fang Xi feel more and more that people were separated into two worlds by whether they had an official status or whether they could win the Jinshi.
Even those who were promoted were actually isolated in the middle and lower levels, and did not have much weight in the eyes of officials with Jinshi background.
"If you don't become a Jinshi, you are just a student." Zhang Sheng couldn't help but sigh. He was talking about scholars and people, but in fact, everyone called himself a "student" when meeting officials.
Yu Lu rolled his eyes: "Even if you are a scholar, you are actually very different from the seventh grade. It is only for the sake of being a Mingjiao that you are allowed to call you a student and take care of you. Others cannot call you a student if you want to."
After Du Juren heard this, he was a little bit disgusted with it at first, but now he thought it was human speech.
Zhang Sheng just smiled: "I know, but even if I can go to Beijing to see you again in the future, there will always be a time for everyone to get together, but I'm afraid we won't have this opportunity tonight."
After everyone listened, they were silent when they heard someone say at the door: "Of course there is this opportunity!"
Not only Yu Lu was shocked by this answer, Fang Xi and others also looked towards the door of the private room.
At the door of the private room that was originally open, a young man in a green shirt who looked like he was coming in, with his eyebrows and phoenixes trimmed, made people forget about vulgarity.
Who is this uninvited guest, Su Ziji who has taken off his official uniform?
"Master Su!" Du Juren, who was sitting next to Fang Wenshao, could not arrange it at the restaurant, but because of his friendship with Fang Wenshao, he sat in this elegant room to have a drink. He really didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity to meet him.
I got to know Su Ziji, who was half an imperial envoy.
Seeing Su Ziji walk in, he hurriedly stood up and was about to salute.
Su Ziji had already walked over at this time and extended his hand to support him: "Brother, why do you need to be so polite? I have taken off my official uniform now and I am a scholar, so there is no need to be too polite."
Then he asked: "I don't know what to call Xiongtai?"
Seeing that Su Ziji was kind and not arrogant, Du Juren was impressed in his heart and hurriedly handed over his hand: "I, Du Cheng, named Shuda, is from Shuangye Mansion. I am honored to meet Mr. Su. It is better to see Mr. Su than to hear it a hundred times. Mr. Su's temperament
Outstanding, really a person like Zhilan Yushu."
Seeing what he had said, Du Juren was still a little nervous, and Su Ziji smiled.
Fortunately, Fang Wenshao invited him to take a seat at this time and said again: "My dear nephew, I heard that the imperial mission ship will sail back to Beijing that night. Is this true?"
"It's true." Su Ziji sat down and said, "The capital is urging you to return to the capital as soon as possible. As a minister, of course I cannot disobey."
"The boat will go north along the river, arrive at the provincial capital, drop off the governor and his entourage, and then go straight back to the capital. Except for supplies, it will not stop on the way, even at night."
"I also wanted to take this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with you, but things are urgent in Beijing, so I can only have a few glasses of wine with you here to celebrate."
After saying that, he said to Zhang Sheng: "I heard that you won the scholarship. This is a good thing."
Zhang Sheng also sighed: "Who says it's not the case? My father and my mother have been happy every day since the day I won the scholarship. They told me that I am satisfied in this life."
Thinking back to the beginning, I could hardly read without yawning. Thanks to Su Ziji who used "listening to books" to study, he laid some foundation and gradually made progress.
Without the basis of "listening to books", even if Su Ziji entrusted someone to send the summary notes, Zhang Sheng might not be able to understand them based on his original learning basis.
It can be said that Zhang Sheng's various changes from basic education to becoming a boy student and a scholar are inseparable from Su Ziji.
Zhang Sheng then said: "Now that I have been selected as a scholar, I will also take the imperial examination next year, and then I will go to Beijing. You will have to do your best to be a landlord."
"This is natural!" Although Su Ziji knew that even if he had his own notes, he was afraid that he would not be able to win the election in three to five years, but at this time he just smiled: "When you come, you don't even have to worry about accommodation, you can just live in my house.
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"Although there is an inn, living alone outside is not as comfortable as living together in my house, where we can also discuss knowledge at any time."
This time, not only Zhang Sheng, but also Yu Lu and Fang Xi agreed.
Du Cheng was not familiar with them, so he could only watch and listen with envy, not daring to interrupt.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhang Sheng couldn't help but said: "By the way, Ziji, your poetic talent has been spread from the capital to the province. Brother Yu and Brother Fang and I have often heard people praise your poetry.
Well done, it’s not easy for us to get together this time, you can’t just drink, you also have to write a poem!”
Fang Xi is also a person who likes to join in the fun. After hearing this, he immediately laughed: "This is exactly the truth! Zi Ji, if you can't make a poem that satisfies us, we won't obey you!"
Su Ziji was also happy: "The question is, if you are not satisfied, I will punish myself with three drinks."
"Then...how about writing a poem because we rarely get together today?" Zhang Sheng said.
Su Ziji smiled: "Why not?"
There is no pen, ink, paper and inkstone here, so I have no intention of writing it down. I drank a glass of wine and looked at the candlelight: "If we don't meet each other in life, we are like participating in business. Today and tomorrow, we share the light of this candle."