"Ouch, who tripped me?!" Miss Diao touched her forehead and saw that her hands were full of blood, and she burst into tears. "Help, help..."
In that room, Wang Xian, who was stretching his legs in an extremely concealed manner, quickly turned around and touched his sister's little head while quickly retracting his legs. He asked with concern on his face: "Did she hurt you?"
Yin Ling leaned against her brother and said with a "shocked" look on her face: "Wow, it's so scary..." As she said that, she burst into tears. The brother and sister had a clear understanding of each other, and they cooperated perfectly. How could they let Miss Diao fall?
From a villain to a miser?
Two women were wailing in the cabin at the same time, which caused the neighboring boats to stop. People looked up to see what was going on.
This made Li Yu extremely embarrassed, because there was a lantern of "Fuyang Li Family" hanging high outside the boat. Wouldn't it make his family look embarrassed?
"Stop crying!" He shouted in a low voice: "You don't think it's embarrassing, but I still think it's embarrassing!"
This scolding didn't matter to little Yinling. She was only twelve years old after the New Year, and she had a heart inherited from my mother. But it was different for Miss Diao. She was from a scholarly family, a lady, and she always felt like herself.
He was good, but he was in such an embarrassing situation. Instead of getting sympathy, he was despised. I was so ashamed that I had to faint...
"Let's go," Wang Xian took his sister's hand, nodded to Lin Qing'er first, and then smiled at everyone: "Thank you for your hospitality, I will never forget this night, and I will be rewarded in the future!"
"Let's wait until the results come out." Li Yu said, "If the custodian is selected but the person is not there, wouldn't it piss off the bosses?"
"How can you, the bosses, care about me like a petty official?" Wang Xian smiled lightly and said, "If you are lucky enough to be called, please help me explain, saying that I am too drunk to drink, so I will go back first."
After saying that, he left the cabin. Unexpectedly, as soon as he came out, he saw a firework on the boat rising into the sky with a loud bang, and then dozens of people sang in unison:
"Tonight's Shangyuan Poetry Competition, the top ten will come out! Please come on board if your name is called!"
After hearing this, all the scholars rushed out of the cabin with a roar, looking up like begging puppies, and thinking wildly in their hearts, 'There must be me, there must be me.'
The lively lake suddenly became quiet, and the officers on the boat were heard singing in unison:
"The first one is Mr. Zheng Weihuan of Cixi!"
"Okay!" A burst of cheers sounded, and everyone followed the sound and saw a painted boat with "Cixi" lanterns hanging on it. Amid the cheers of the people on the boat, it began to sail towards the building boat.
It took a long time to withdraw their envious gazes, and everyone listened to Lou Chuan singing loudly:
"The second place is Mr. Huang Zhen of Hangzhou!"
"Okay! Good! Good!" The situation was different. The cheers were ten times louder than before. Another painting boat sailed towards the building boat, and the cheers were louder and louder than before.
"The third place is Mr. Zhou Cheng of Shanyin County!"
"The fourth place is Mr. Luo Sicheng of Qiantang County!"
"The fifth place is Mr. Wang Han of Yuyao County!"
Sure enough, as Li Qi said, except for the first scholar from Cixi, Ningbo, the rest was basically monopolized by Hangzhou and Shaoxing... The capital of Hangzhou is composed of Renhe and Qiantang counties, and the capital of Shaoxing is composed of Shanyin and Kuaiji counties.
"The sixth place is Mr. Yu Qian of Renhe County!"
"Scared!" Yin Ling kept listening with her ears open, and when she heard the words, she said excitedly: "Is he that kid from earlier?"
"Quiet!" But all the scholars were scolded together. Yin Ling stuck out her tongue and whispered: "Anyway, nothing will happen without you, why are you so nervous..."
"We have no chance, and your brother has no chance!" a scholar said angrily.
"That's not necessarily the case." Yin Ling pouted her nose. She simply hated these scholars to death.
"If you had your brother, we would rather jump off the boat and swim back!" the scholars sneered.
"Uh..." Yin Ling made a face, but heard her brother say in a deep voice: "We might as well make a bet!"
"If you bet, bet!" All the scholars were completely fed up with Wang Xianxu and the snake.
"If you have me, you will swim back together." Wang Xian glanced at them and said calmly: "If not, I will swim back."
"There are so many of us, but you only have one, it's not fair!"
"I swim naked." Wang Xian said showing his true colors.
The female relatives burst into laughter, and the scholars listened. It was already the eighth one, and there was no one from Fuyang. Someone could not hold back his anger and said: "Okay, it's a deal!"
"It's a deal!" Wang Xian nodded, and everyone strained their ears to listen carefully to the last two.
"Ninth place, Mr. Zhou Yi of Yu Qian County!"
"There's still one last one left," the scholars looked at Wang Xiandan mockingly, "I guess it must be Oshi?"
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded, "Let's weigh the anchor."
"I'm not afraid of the wind blowing my tongue..." All the scholars laughed without any scruples.
Before the laughter subsided, I heard the officers on the boat singing the last name loudly:
"Tenth place, Fuyang County Magistrate Shi Wangxian!"
"Uh..." The laughter stopped suddenly, and all the scholars were so shocked that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear. The female family members even dropped their jaws. Only the little silver bell jumped up and down, cheering: "Win, win." Here you go!”
It was also quiet on the West Lake. People in each boat looked at each other. Of course they knew that "Ling Shi" was the honorific title of a scribe. Could it be that the tenth person was actually a scribe? This made the Zhejiang scholars who pride themselves on their talents , where to put your face?
In a complicated and unspeakable atmosphere, Fuyang County's painting boat sailed towards the building boat.
The atmosphere on the Fuyang Painting Boat was even more complicated and unspeakable. Originally, this kind of poetry competition was not really an imperial examination. Being called out was naturally a great honor, but not being called out had nothing to lose. Therefore, the scholars in each county They were still able to maintain a good demeanor and cheer for the fellow countrymen who were selected.
But on the boat in Fuyang County, the scholars brought Wang Xian on board deliberately to make fun of others. They successfully tested his quality and forced him to lose face and have to rely on two women to protect him.
Just a moment ago, everyone looked down on him and regarded him as a joke. Who knew that at this moment, he slapped them hard and made what they did before become a joke!
For the scholars in Fuyang, it doesn't matter if they are not called out. There is a gap between those from the county town and those from the provincial and prefectural cities. But it is Wang Xian who is called out. Doesn't the previous ridicule become a joke? This makes them Why is it so embarrassing?
"This, this is too bizarre..." The closer you get to the building, the denser the boats are, and you can clearly hear the discussion of the scholars on the boat: "If you have this talent, why do you want to be a subordinate?"
"That is, what kind of talent can a subordinate official have?" Another person said: "Maybe he wants to become famous and buys poems?"
"Perhaps the bosses have misunderstood?" The scholars were half angry and half in disbelief. Indeed, if their talent could surpass that of the entire province's students, how could they become petty officials?
"I'm afraid this candidate is unconvincing..." After a moment of shock, the scholars gradually unified their opinions with complicated emotions. They could not accept being ridden by a petty official. "Why don't we ask the bosses to explain!"
"Shut up!" A shout came from the second floor of the building. When the scholars saw it, they saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe and three long beards. They quickly saluted together and said: "Grandmaster!"
The middle-aged man was Xu Guan, the provincial scholar, and he was the one who selected all the students in the province, so he was well-deserved to be called 'Grand Master'. He heard clearly what the students were saying and finally couldn't help but speak.
Reprimanded.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the place fell silent, and everyone bowed their heads and listened obediently to Xu Tixue's reprimand:
"Let me ask you, have you met Wang Xian before? Are there any bad deeds of this person that you know of before?"
"This..." All the scholars were speechless.
"Is it okay to make assumptions about the existence of something without seeing it with your eyes and hearing it?" Xu Tixue asked again.
"No..." replied the scholars.
"With such a mind, you read the books of saints and sages in vain!" Xu Tixue snorted and said in a slower tone: "Have you ever heard of the saying, 'Stick to the green mountains and don't let go, let the wind blow from east to west, north and south'?"
"I've heard of it. Wasn't it done by Anonymous?"
"Which bastard said that?" Xu Tixue snorted coldly: "It was Wang Xian who did it!"
"Scared, he is just a small official..." Everyone was still in disbelief.
"What's wrong with the junior officials?" Xu Tixue sneered: "The boss of Fantai is still a civil servant."
"This..." The scholars immediately did not dare to say anything, but they were very disapproving in their hearts. During the Hongwu Dynasty, the imperial examination was suspended for more than ten years, and a large number of officials occupied high positions. Sooner or later, they would all be eliminated!
"Let's all reflect and reflect." After Xu Tixue finished speaking, he walked away.
At this time, the painting boat also got on the building boat. Wang Xian cupped his fists and smiled at the scholars and said, "Excuse me."
The smile on Li Yu's face was uglier than crying. He reluctantly clasped his fists in return and said bitterly: "Asi wants to win glory for me, Fuyang."
"It's good if I don't embarrass you." Wang Xian smiled lightly, but this time, everyone thought he was speaking sarcastically.
In that compartment, Miss Diao was not actually fainted, she was just pretending to be dead, but this time she almost fainted...
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Climbing the ladder to the building and passing through the heavily guarded stairs, when his eyes suddenly opened up, Wang Xian saw a sight that he would never forget.
I saw incense lingering on the extremely wide platform and bright lights. Under the gauze screen, dozens of dancers in light veils danced to the sound of music. There was a circle of nanmu gold-painted tables and thousand-flower jasper basins surrounding the tables.
On the table are delicacies, fruits and delicacies, just like the Queen Mother's Yaochi party, it's nothing more than that.
"Come on, come on." A big man wearing a brocade robe and a beard laughed loudly and said: "Everyone is here, stop this bird dance!"
The scribes on the side sighed inwardly, they were playing the harp to an ox, they were so good at dancing with neon clothes, but they said it was a bird dance... but they did not dare to go against his wishes, so they had to stop the dance.
The dancers saluted and filed out, leaving the central position to Wang Xian and nine other talents...