Biography of Ilha in Qing Chuan

Chapter 52

At the same time that the show girls are preparing for the selection, Jiangning Mansion, thousands of miles away from the capital, is much more lively than usual. The rural examination has just passed, but most of the scholars have not returned home. All the restaurants, karaoke houses, and tea houses in the city are staying The scholars waiting for the announcement in Jiangning Mansion, with feather fans and scarves, are romantic and suave.In groups of three or five, they either have a good time with their classmates, or seek monks and Taoism, drink and have fun, which is very happy.

There is a Yunlai Inn near the Gongyuan, and Dai Sanjin lives here. Dai Sanjin is from Yangzhou, and he is just [-] this year. His entire life of wisdom and even his wealth and life were almost ruined because of this imperial examination. Everything originated from a riot on the day when the examination was announced.

Dai Sanjin's entourage is called Xishun, who is still young and has a lot of playfulness. Every day when the master starts to study, he goes to the lively places in the city to watch cockfights, listen to books, and watch the people quarreling in the market.

On the day when the announcement was made, Xishun followed Dai Sanjin to the Gongyuan to see the announcement. The outer wall of the Gongyuan was where the announcement was posted, and many people surrounded it, making a lot of noise.Standing under the list was a guard with a knife, expressionless and dignified.Xishun squeezed to the front of the crowd, searched the entire list but couldn't find his master's name, Dai Sanjin asked from the side: "I found it."

Xishun put his feet on his feet again, stretched his neck to see if he was finally sure, so he said a little embarrassingly, "The characters are too small, I didn't read them clearly." Standing on one side with bowed head.

Looking at Xishun's appearance, Dai Sanjin understood in his heart.He was selected as a scholar at the age of ten and four, but now that he has failed in the two autumn exams, he can't help but feel a little discouraged.Just as he was lamenting his bad luck, he heard a few scholars who had failed the exam complaining, saying that the examiner had collected the money, and that the Confucian Temple might have become a Temple of Wealth.

These words were heard by several scholars around, who were all frustrated that they failed to pass the exam, as if they had found an outlet for the sullenness in their hearts, they all rolled up their sleeves and waved their fists, clamoring to see the examiner.Dai Sanjin was afraid that something might happen, and was about to go back to the inn, but he heard a rush of hoofbeats from over there. Following the eyes of everyone, he saw a rich man coming on horseback, looking triumphantly at the inn. On the imperial list.

"This is Jie Yuan this year. I heard that he even wrote his own name wrong." Someone was talking in the novel next to him. Hearing someone say this, the scholars who took the lead in making trouble immediately said in a strange way, "The Chen family The eldest son is actually Jie Yuan of Qiu Wei, we Jiangning people are so glorious."

I saw Mr. Chen sneering and said: "You are all people who have lost their reputation, and dare to talk nonsense in front of Ben Jieyuan." Several troubled scholars saw his arrogant attitude and wanted to go forward, but they were stopped by Mr. Chen's servants. .Someone at the side said: "Chen Gui, if even you become a juren, the world will be full of scholars."

After hearing this, Chen Gui's face suddenly became fierce: "You crazy people dare to insult Xie Yuan, today I will teach you the rules." After speaking, he raised his whip to beat him.Someone took advantage of the chaos and pulled him off the horse, and Chen Gui immediately fell to the ground.Taking advantage of the chaos to relieve their anger, everyone flocked to Chen Gui.Seeing that there were so many people, his servant was anxious to circle around the crowd.

Dai Sanjin wanted to go forward to persuade him, but Xishun dragged him out of the crowd.At this time, there was a lot of fighting over there, and there was only a bang, someone dropped an egg on the imperial board, and then stones and vegetable leaves rained down on the imperial board, and it didn't take long for the bright yellow imperial board to change beyond recognition up.

Xishun saw that things were about to get serious, so he said to Dai Sanjin, "Master, we can go back, and we will hurt you later." Dai Sanjin became more and more breathless as he thought about it. I want to go back to the inn to pack my luggage, and get on the carriage tomorrow and go home.

Dai Sanjin was extremely resentful, and all he could think about was the way the examiner paraded through the streets in an open sedan chair that day.Many scholars lined the road to worship. This is an ancient system. Some people came up to post and were dismissed by the examiner. At that time, the people lamented that the examiner was tough, but it turned out to be like this.

Dai Sanjin, who was about to go back to the inn, asked Xishun to take a look when he heard the commotion over there. He never imagined that some scholars were carrying the statue of Confucius through the streets, and that statue was actually wearing a costume of the God of Wealth. Clothes.

"In the future, we will not worship the sage Confucius, but the God of Wealth. Reading is not as useful as spreading money." The scholars shouted loudly.Both sides of the street were full of spectators. An old man sighed and said, "You have committed a crime, and you will be punished for blaspheming a saint."

Dai Sanjin saw his friend in the crowd, felt that this was no joke, and wanted to step forward to persuade him: "Brother Xian, this can't be done, I'm afraid he will be killed if there is a big trouble."

"Scholar's fame is life. Without fame, we are as if we are dead. If we don't care about it, we won't lose our heads. Didn't you get hit too? Why don't you join us? It's a pleasure." After he finished speaking, he followed the crowd and continued. Forward.

Dai Sanjin followed behind and wanted to persuade him, but suddenly, there was a fierce scolding sound from behind, and when he turned his head, dozens of soldiers saw the man dressed as a scholar and knocked him to the ground with a sap.They are all frail scholars who have never seen such a battle before, and many of them have already turned pale with fright.His hands and feet were about to slip away, and because Dai Sanjin was at the end of the team, he was one of the arrested ones and was tied up.

(End of this chapter)