Chapter 89: Jingxian Poetry Society (1)
Anqing Fucheng is extraordinary, like a tiger lying on the plains. The tall city gate tower is like a tiger's mouth, swallowing up any passing pedestrians and vehicles.
If Huaining County is prosperous, then Anqing Fucheng is bustling.
Even at night, it is still bustling. There are so many people in the night market, and the bustling city is like a city that never sleeps.
Having not really come to this era, it would be difficult to imagine that this kind of dynasty could be so prosperous. This is just a county town. There are provincial capitals and capital cities above. It is difficult to imagine that the capital city under the emperor's feet will be so prosperous. How prosperous it is. Of course, this kind of prosperity is antique prosperity, which is different from the modern prosperity, but it is more shocking.
The government examination was held in Anqing Fucheng, and students and scholars who passed the county examination from each county gathered together. The area was large, and the stinking problem of literati being indifferent to each other became apparent. They did not chant "the first in literature and the second in military". Yes, students and scholars from various counties and even towns formed a group and looked down upon students and scholars from other counties and towns, and the overt and covert fights continued.
Zhu Pingan, one of the top fifty students in Huaining County, received special care from students and scholars from other counties and towns. As a result, the poem about being bitten by a snake and hearing the cry of a bird, as well as the behavior of eating lunch and taking a nap in the examination room, living in the woodshed, etc. were all uncovered.
Then, the students and scholars in other counties and towns became as excited as if they had drunk half a kilo of old wine.
I don’t even know how to write poetry. I ate, drank, and took a nap during the exam. Haha, you can get into the first round of the exam in Huaining County. If you were in our county, you would never even think about it in the first round of the exam. The level of Huaining County is at this level.
Isn’t this the target given to us by God?
There are only so many places in the entire Anqing Prefecture that can pass the prefectural examination. If Huaining County has a bad reputation, the prefect will naturally have to consider it. Then there will be more opportunities in other counties.
As a result, interested students and scholars in other counties began to inquire for more information about Zhu Ping'an, including his appearance and preferences, etc., waiting for an opportunity to make the entire Huaining County ugly.
All hard work pays off
So, it was only the fifth day after Zhu Pingan settled in Anqing Fucheng that Zhu Pingan was dragged to a restaurant by his uncle and other villagers to meet him. When I was my uncle's friend, I was blocked by some students and scholars from other counties.
The uncle’s friend is the uncle’s friend from the previous county, the one who studied in the county where his mentor was. The uncle’s friend also passed the county examination and became a child student, but he also failed the college examination again and again. Shen Sha, because children are not required to take the county examination, the uncle's friends have been living in Anqing Mansion these days, waiting to go to the provincial capital to take the college examination.
The restaurant is a famous restaurant in Anqing Prefecture. Its name is: Jingxian Tower. It is located in a prime location in Anqing Prefecture. It is large in scale and magnificently decorated. The interior is exquisitely furnished. There are gorgeously dressed maids and servants coming and going all the time, greeting people to come up to the building. guests.
Unexpectedly, when Zhu Pingan entered Jingxian Tower with his uncle and others, he heard a surprise cheer and was blocked by someone.
“Aren’t these some great talents from Huaining County who have broken through iron shoes and found nowhere?”
“It just so happened that our students’ poetry gatherings in Taihu, Wangjiang and other counties were in full swing, but there was something wrong with it. It is Mr. Huai Ning who is waiting for you People, meeting you at this moment is like a rain after a long drought."
Several young scholars holding folding fans and wearing extraordinary clothes blocked the way forward and retreat of Zhu Pingan and others, and several people gathered around them involuntarily. building.
Downstairs is the world, and upstairs is heaven.
When Zhu Pingan went upstairs, he happened to see the singer upstairs dancing with red sleeves. She was as light as a swallow, walking in lotus steps to support the wind. Suddenly, the water sleeves were flung open, and the sleeves danced like a fairy in the sky. Going down to the mortal world, the willow waist twists the lotus and moves, as if a fairy is contaminated with the breath of the mortal world, and her heart is moved by spring.
It was completely different from modern singing and dancing. Out of the novelty, Zhu Pingan took a second look.
But in the eyes of caring people, this is like a country bumpkin from a remote mountainous area who has never seen the world. He is already obsessed with just a singer, and how can he reach a high level of elegance.
Sure enough, according to what I and others asked about, some students and scholars from other counties upstairs looked at each other and smiled.
"Ahem, cough, cough, we are here to meet our friends this time. Next time, next time we will come to participate in the poetry meeting." Uncle Zhu Shouren saw students and scholars from other counties upstairs sitting at seven or eight tables. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he said Decline.
A long-sleeved student from Jiangning County who was good at dancing laughed when he heard this and said: "We make friends with poems, and they are all friends here. Where are your friends? We will call them together."
Other students and scholars sitting at the table They all gathered around, pulling and pulling, and involuntarily gathered Zhu Pingan and others on a big table in the middle. They were as enthusiastic as if they were meeting long-lost relatives, especially when they glanced at Zhu Pingan from time to time. Eyes, as if they are a rare commodity.
The uncle’s friends were also enthusiastically invited out of a private room. These students and scholars from other counties are eager to have more people, the better. The more people there are, the bigger the ugliness will be in Huaining County, and there will be less movement. The bigger it is, the more the Lord Fu has to think about.
My uncle's friend is a fat man with a big belly and small eyes. You can't even find the eyeballs when you squint. He looks like he has overindulged.
After everyone saw the ceremony, the fat man sat next to the uncle, whispered to the uncle and others, and finally glanced at Zhu Pingan with a strange look. Then I saw that the uncle and several villagers looked a little embarrassed, and they looked at Zhu Pingan with blame and complaint.
It seems that they already know what these students and scholars from other counties are doing.
The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it with earth.
Zhu Pingan acted like a normal person. After sitting at the table, he started to deal with the plate of drunken crabs in front of him. He used to salivate over the drunken crabs in Shanghai when he saw China on the tip of his tongue. However, he never had the chance. , now this drunken crab is placed in front of him, how can he bear it.
Uh
It is true that they are the same as the rumors, greedy and a waste of food.
Students and scholars from other counties looked askance at Zhu Pingan's unsightly appearance of eating two big crabs in succession.
Uncle Zhu Shouren and others also wanted to stay away from Zhu Pingan, and they blushed.
The poetry meeting held in Jingxian Tower was prepared by students from other counties such as Tongcheng, Taihu, and Wangjiang. It was not specifically aimed at students and scholars from Huaining County such as Zhu Pingan. It was originally intended to be held in Before the attack on Huaining County students After getting acquainted with each other, I didn't expect to be overjoyed. I heard someone said that when Zhu Ping'an and several other students from Huaining County were heading to Jingxian Tower, students from other counties discussed it. It would be better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Why not let them come out today? So ugly.
So, some people went to block it downstairs to prevent Zhu Ping'an and the others from just passing by; some people went to call people, enjoying alone is not as good as everyone enjoying it. This kind of good thing must be appreciated by more people together; and some people I used personal connections to visit several famous sages in the county and city, hoping that they would come so that everyone's comments would be more convincing.
Because the person who called for them had not come back yet, the students and scholars from other counties also refrained from having an attack, but waited until everyone arrived before launching a thunderous blow at Zhu Ping'an and other people from Huaining County.
So, now everyone is having a great time communicating together, and the atmosphere is very good, which is called a warm-up.
Singing and dancing bring peace, and tensions rise. (End of this chapter)