"That inn is called Qunying Building, and it's a place where all the talented people who come to take the exam want to stay." The young man was a little proud when he said this, and he actually felt honored.
"Oh? What's so special about that inn?" Gu Chengyu became interested and asked with interest.
"It's a literary club. If you can answer the questions asked by the store, you can get half the price. As for what the questions are, I don't know! Several gentlemen also know that I can't read and I can't enter the inn.
, I don’t even know what’s going on inside.” The mistress rubbed the back of her head and said with some embarrassment.
"I'll take you there! We have to walk further into Qunying Building, and it's the closest to Gongyuan." As he walked forward, the mistress motioned to Gu Chengyu and the others to follow.
Gu Chengyu and the others discussed it and decided that it would be a good idea to go take a look. After all, it was closer to Gongyuan. Maybe they could answer the questions asked by the store and pay less for the rent! I just don't know how the rent in Qunying Building is. If it is too expensive
, everyone goes back and chooses a new one.
Gu Chengyu and the others followed the mistress for about half a stick of incense before they reached their destination.
Gu Chengyu raised his head and looked at this inn. This inn is indeed large in scale. There must be many rooms inside, and the decoration is extremely gorgeous. It is the first in the capital, so I think it should be more luxurious inside.
But at this moment, the front door of the inn was crowded with people. Gu Chengyu looked at the clothes of these people and found that they were probably students rushing to take exams.
"Sir! We've arrived at the inn, and I'm going back too. My father is still ill, so I'm not worried." The third son said goodbye when he saw Gu Chengyu and the others arrived. His father didn't know what was going on, so he had to rush back to take a look.
Originally, he was leaving late today, and he didn't earn a penny at the moment, so he had to go back first.
"Wait!" Gu Chengyu stopped the mistress and took out a five-tael silver ingot from his arms, "Take it!"
The mistress was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Gu Chengyu. Seeing Gu Chengyu looking at him with a smile, he wanted to take it, but in the end he took it back.
"Take it! I'll ask you for a few more days. I'm going to walk around the capital in the past two days. Don't lead others in the past two days." Gu Chengyu thought of his plan and thought it would be a good idea to find a mistress as a guide. It was just right.
Let him take Mingmo and the others to find a shop. This money will also solve their urgent needs, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.
"Okay! Then you don't need so much!" The mistress can only earn about 16 taels of silver every day, which is still the most. Besides, it is impossible to do business every day, and 5 taels of silver is really too much. However, he does not
Hypocritical, his father really needs money, and he will try his best to do more things to repay it.
Gu Chengyu deduced from the old stubborn man's words that he should have broken a bone, which would not cost much and could just be reconnected. Of course, having a fever is another matter, not to mention it was delayed for many days.
He gave the five taels of silver not to pity the mistress, but because he was moved by his strong and hard-working spirit. Although it was wrong to lie to people on the dock, who has never made a mistake?
"Chengyu, you are so kind. How do you know what he said is true? Will you return five taels of silver?" Sun Xian hurriedly stopped Gu Chengyu. Gu Chengyu was easy to be deceived at his age. They had just arrived and were not familiar with the place.
If you are deceived, there is really nothing you can do about it.
"It doesn't matter!" Gu Chengyu believed in his vision. He didn't say he would give the mistress any money before, but the mistress still followed him, so the five taels of silver were used as a test of his character.
When Sun Xian saw Gu Chengyu handing over the money again, he had no choice but to stop trying. In this kind of thing, one learns from mistakes.
"That's what I owe the master. I'll come over early tomorrow morning, or wait for the master here at the door." The mistress was moved that Gu Chengyu believed in him, so he promised to come tomorrow, but he couldn't enter the inn, so he could only wait at the inn.
Wait at the door.
At this moment, he was very excited. His father's medical expenses had been settled. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to the situation here, so he hurriedly put the money in his arms.
Gu Chengyu nodded, and the mistress took the silver, turned around and ran away quickly.
After the mistress left, Gu Chengyu and the others turned their attention back to the inn.
"Hey? The guy in front of you really solved that pair? That pair is really difficult!" A student asked, pulling the student in front of him.
"Didn't you see that everyone has gone in? I can live in a lower-class room and get half of the rent for free! I'll squeeze in more and see if there are any who can match me." The candidates in front of me squeezed forward excitedly.
After a while, I was ready to give it a try.
"That pair is too difficult, I'd better go check out the others!" The student behind shook his head and walked to the other side of the inn.
Gu Chengyu observed carefully. The candidates in front of him were mainly divided into three piles, corresponding to the upper, middle and lower third-class rooms. The questions asked in them were also different.
"Huh? There are rules here." Just as the student in front walked away, the wooden board hanging on the wall outside was exposed, with the rules written on it.
"Let's go and have a look!" Sun Xian also became interested. Literati like to learn from each other. In fact, it just means competing.
Gu Chengyu also followed up and took a look, and found that it was similar to what he saw, except that the introduction inside was more detailed. If the lower class room could answer the first question, half of the fee would be waived, and if the first two questions were answered, it would be free of charge.
The middle-class rooms are similar to the previous ones, except there is an additional sentence below, first come first served. Ten lower-class rooms and medium-level rooms are open until all answers are completed. Gu Chengyu feels that these questions must be difficult, otherwise he would not be so confident.
Easy, those twenty rooms must have been booked long ago.
Will businesses engage in loss-making business? Absolutely not. This is just a gimmick. It not only makes money, but also earns reputation.
Looking at the final rules, the conditions here are even more stringent. There are also ten superior rooms, but only one is given every day. After answering the questions, the first person will be selected on the day, and then they will be admitted. This question must be
More difficult than the previous one.
But how do you know who is the first? This is interesting. This inn actually invited two great scholars to come and take charge. The great scholars can make their own judgments about who is the first.
One of the great scholars here is the headmaster of the most famous Boshan Academy in the capital, and the other is Lord Fang, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy and a full-ranked official of the fifth rank.
The rankings will be announced at the beginning of each day, and only the first place will be selected to be able to stay in the upper room for free. Gu Chengyu came with them just in time, and today happened to be the first day. However, Gu Chengyu doubted whether he could answer this question or not, which was still a question.
Woolen cloth!
"Chengyu! You see there are more people on the right. It seems that it should be easier here. Let's go over and have a look." Ye Zhiqiu was also very interested. It seems that in ancient times, all literati were very interested in making friends through literature.
Gu Chengyu followed Ye Zhiqiu into the crowd on the right, but he was not as tall as the people in front of him, so he could not see the hanging questions. Standing further back, he could only see half of the questions.