Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 32
The next day, a notice was posted at the gate of the government office.

The top three in the main field are: Chen Heng (A[-]) from Taixing County, Cui Youdao (A[-]) from Xinghua County, and Du Yunjing (A[-]) from Jiangdu County.

The students who came to look at the rankings saw that they were all the leaders of the counties, and they didn't think too much about it.On the contrary, there were some students from Taixing County who talked about some of Chen Heng's past events, and they made a lot of limelight.

People in Xinghua County were quite dissatisfied and told some anecdotes about Cui Youdao.Only the students in Jiangdu County had the strangest reaction. Seeing that Du Yunjing got the third place in the exam, instead of being happy, they complained to each other: "It's bad, it's bad, it's really going to make Du Datou fly into the sky."

"It's okay, it's okay, he's not number one, otherwise we'd have to laugh at us to death."

Others felt very strange seeing it, and took their hands and asked why.Only then did I know that this Du Yunjing is known as a madman in the county, his writing is bold and aggressive, and he likes to use words to swear, and the scholars in Jiangdu County have been deeply abused.

This time he got the second place in the exam, and he still doesn't know how to write a mocking article when he goes back.

It was terrifying to hear what they said. After listening to it, everyone couldn't help feeling a little scared, and they all planned to avoid dealing with this person in the future.

A total of 30 students were included in the main list and [-] students in the sub-list.If there is no accident, the main list is stable, and the sub-list will have to look at luck.Other students who are not in the two rankings can freely decide whether to continue the exam, after all, there is basically no possibility of being selected.

Generally speaking, they will continue to take the test to accumulate experience.Prefect Wei still has a term of more than one year, which is still short. If there is another term, it will be four years.Don't take the opportunity to figure out how to figure out what you like.

But after all, there is no possibility of entering the list. These students relaxed their minds and immediately made an appointment with a few friends on the spot, planning to find a place to have fun in Yangzhou.

After looking around, I naturally found Fishing Alley.Everyone drank and wrote poems in it, so happy.The Fishing Alley was closed for a day yesterday, and thinking that it will be closed for another day tomorrow, the sisters in the red building unavoidably exerted all their strength today, throwing handkerchiefs from the attic to attract passing scholars.

After a night of fish and dragon dancing, both parties are satisfied.Those who pay pay pay, and those who go out go out.At the gate of the government office, there are more disheveled scholars.

Chen Heng naturally didn't have this blessing, and he didn't have much interest.I just packed up my mood, walked into the examination room with a pen and ink, and prepared to meet the remaining four exams.

But like the county test, the content behind it is not difficult to go there.The rankings of the top three have not changed, only there are two unlucky guys at the bottom of the list, and they are replaced by people from the sub-list, which can be regarded as a blunder.

After the last exam, when Chen Heng walked out of the exam room, he was still in a trance.He really couldn't bear the smell of his body, Chen Qi was worried that he would catch the cold, so he didn't even let him take a bath during this time.

After sleeping on the Chase bunk in the inn for many days, one can imagine the taste.Chen Heng thought to himself: No wonder the imperial examinations only focus on the first round. In the subsequent examinations, the students are dirty and smelly. What good essays can they write? It would be great if they can answer honestly.

Seeing his son walking out in a trance, Chen Qi couldn't help feeling a little distressed, stepped forward and picked up his son on his back, and said, "Heng'er bear with it, go back to the inn, and dad will boil water for you to take a bath."

Lying on his father's generous back, Chen Heng shook his head and said, "Father, pack your things and go home first."

"Hey, don't you look at the list?"

Chen Heng was angry and funny and said: "Father, you still want to keep me in the dark. Did something happen to our second uncle?"

Chen Qi, who was walking, was silent for a long time before he said guiltyly: "How did you see it? No, how did you know it was your second uncle?"

"The villagers have always been harmonious, and grandparents are farmers, so what can happen. My mother and my second aunt don't like to go out, and they don't seem to cause trouble. When I saw that my third uncle was still resting in the inn the next day, I knew that my mother must not be pregnant at home. Then the rest would be my second uncle."

"It seems that reading can really make people smart." Chen Qi laughed dryly a few times.

"I know, the government test is not over, if I say I want to leave, you and grandpa and grandma will definitely be unhappy, so just pretend that you don't know. Now that the five exams have been completed, the government will not invite us children to a banquet, so go home immediately, I am also worried about the second uncle."

"Okay." Chen Qi bumped his son on his back, and said in relief, "Don't worry, your second uncle's matter is up to me and your grandfather. You can just study at ease."

Chen Heng didn't make a sound, he was really tired.At this time, he didn't care about other things, he lay on his father's back, closed his eyes and began to rest.

Back in the inn, I packed up my bags and rushed to the inn with Uncle Zhang, who was still in the dark.It was also because of their luck that there was a caravan going to Taixing County to deliver goods, Chen Qi paid the money, and the steward of the caravan agreed for the three of them to travel by car, but they had to take care of their own food.

On the way home, Uncle Zhang was free and told Chen Heng what happened to Chen Huaijin.

It turned out that the second uncle was doing shopping in the waiter at Hengshudian. Last month, after Chen Heng and the others set off for Yangzhou, a man named Wang Sheng came to the second uncle's pawnshop and asked the price for a painting.

Chen Huaijin saw that the painting style was quite magnificent, so he asked the shopkeeper to weigh it himself.It turned out that this painting was a masterpiece by Qiu Shizhou from the previous dynasty, and it was called "The Picture of Yanxue".

Although this Qiu Shizhou is only a former painter, he has been immersed in painting all his life, and his skills are unparalleled in the world.Together with Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, and Shen Zhou, they became the four great masters of the former dynasty.

Such a masterpiece, encountered by shopkeeper He, can't help but feel bad.He asked Chen Huaijin to come forward and lower the price, saying that the painting was a fake or an imitation, and he was only willing to ask for a price of ten taels.

Wang Sheng would not have come to the pawn shop if he hadn't been short of money, and he was willing to accept the price, so he naturally took the calligraphy home with him.After a few days, I heard from a neighbor that there was a man named Chen Sande in the east of the city, who was very generous and generous, and was willing to give money to help if someone was in trouble.

As soon as Wang Sheng heard it, he took a look at it with the mood of giving it a try.As a result, Chen Sande borrowed him 500 taels without saying a word, and only asked him to take out his calligraphy and land deeds as collateral.

The two parties agreed on a date for repaying the money, and the man took the money back home. Na Cheng Xiang's family's predicament was resolved smoothly.Only five days later, Wang Sheng came back with 500 taels, and prepared an extra [-] taels of interest to redeem his own things.

Chen Sande naturally agreed, took out the calligraphy and the land deed, and paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other.As a result, Wang Sheng opened it and saw that this painting was his own "Picture of Yanxue". Seeing that the brush and ink on it were all new works by others, there was a commotion on the spot.

Chen Sande was not easy to provoke, so he took several people to beat Wang Sheng up, saying that what the other party gave was fake, and that he borrowed money from him out of kindness, so why is he still being framed now.

Wang Sheng received a beating, and he refused to return home. He went directly to the county government to beat drums and complain.The county magistrate Xu opened the hall, and after some interrogation, the two sides insisted on their own opinions, one said the authentic work, and the other said it was a forgery.

The county magistrate Xu couldn't make a decision for a while, but Wang Sheng was stubborn, and left a sentence, "You and the shopkeeper of Hengshu Dian hurt me", and he was killed in the court.

At this point, things are not going to end well.The county magistrate Xu's term of office is coming to an end, so he is willing to shirk and take Chen Sande into custody directly.They also sent officials to arrest shopkeeper He and Chen Huaijin and put them in prison together.

When Chen Huaijin was arrested, he was just in time to invite Zhang San to dinner.When he was caught, he said to him: Go to Yangzhou to find my elder brother, don't let my parents know.

This is how Zhang San came to Yangzhou Mansion all the way.

After listening to the third uncle's narration, Chen Heng was not too surprised.Ever since he saw his second uncle taking money home in twos and twos, he knew that this day would come.

"What about that painting?" Chen Heng asked.

"When I was drinking with your second uncle, he told me that he drank too much and had sent it to the Xue family in Jinling. I heard that there is an old lady in the capital who likes famous calligraphy and paintings. The shopkeeper He asked Xue's family for a price of 500 taels. Afterwards, he gave your second uncle a hush money of five taels of silver."

Chen Heng raised his forehead with a headache, and couldn't help but blame himself deeply, why he didn't learn "Dayong's Law".He was also worried about his second uncle's situation in prison, and couldn't help but blame the other party, who had persuaded him to change jobs.The latter keeps saying that he refuses, saying that the current job is easy and profitable.

It's just that even today, complaining is an afterthought, so Chen Heng simply closed his eyes and continued to think of a solution.

"How did he do these stupid things." Chen Qi picked up his fist and smashed it on the wooden board of the carriage.They have now followed the caravan and completed more than half of the journey.In two days, we will arrive in Taixing County.

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Just as Chen Qi and the others hurried on their way, a carriage also drove into Taixing County, and happened to stop at the inn where Chen Heng County stayed during the test.The servant who drove the carriage jumped out of the carriage, pulled up the curtain and said to the inside: "Master, Master, we are here."

"Tad, let's get out of the car."

"Yes, Daddy."

A father and son stepped out of the carriage. The older one was dressed as a literati, with two soft headbands on his head, an apricot-colored tencel jacquard gown with a collar, and black shoes on his feet.Look at the demeanor, really suave.

The younger one was wearing a Confucian scarf, a navy blue hanging collar with a double-breasted bezel, and a Pisces jade pendant on his waist. He looked very heroic.

The costumes of the Yong Dynasty "inherited from the Zhou and Han Dynasties at the top, and borrowed from the Tang and Song Dynasties at the bottom".There is no control over the clothes of the common people. As long as they do not violate the rules, the government will encourage them to break the rules. After all, this is what it looks like in a peaceful and prosperous age!
It is also possible that the previous dynasty was strict in philosophy, Dayong overthrew the previous dynasty, and repelled the invading grassland tribes at that time, and won the orthodoxy of the world.Naturally, it is necessary to refute and deny the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, and then flog the corpse again.

That's why people in the Yong Dynasty loved to wear all kinds of clothes.But such a suave and well-dressed duo is very rare in Taixing County.

The shopkeeper of the inn felt that these two people must be extraordinary people, so he hurried up to greet the guests in person.Welcomed into the hall, the other party asked for two upper rooms, and said his name again.

The older one is called Xue Zhen.The younger one is called Xue Biao.

　I will go to the hospital in a while to see if it is positive, and come back to write the second update of today.Yesterday and the day before yesterday were both three shifts, so I made it up for the brothers.refill refill

　　
　
(End of this chapter)