Chapter 134: The Feast of Hairpin
The green mountains and buildings outside the mountains, when will the singing and dancing in West Lake stop? For thousands of years, the shore of West Lake has been a place full of luxury and debauchery.
The dark green lake water under the moonlight is rippling with sparkling silver waves. The exquisite pleasure boats are brightly lit and slowly cruising on the lake with joy and laughter. But every cruise ship is extremely luxurious, with charming and weak singing girls singing in the flowing and distant Kunshan accent. There are scholars with high crowns and broad belts humming softly, and the singing style is smooth, going up, going, and entering one by one, striving to achieve perfection in every detail. There are also officials, gentry, rich businessmen leaning against the red and green, pushing cups and drinking happily.
What a night banquet for a prosperous time!
Sun Yan withdrew his gaze angrily and gritted his teeth and whispered: "The business girl does not know the hatred of the country's destruction, and she still sang the back garden flowers across the river!" Chen Shounian next to him quickly whispered: "Shut up, brother in the literature!" Tao Yuchen sighed, his silent face was as deep as water, while Sun Yingze closed his eyes slightly, as if he was asleep, and seemed to be enjoying the tunes coming from outside the boat.
There are five of them in Shaoxing Wukui in this college examination, which shows that the eight-legged exam is indeed objective... Basically, as long as you are an examiner from Hanlin, the results of the papers will be very different.
Five people were arranged to a table, and the tablemates were also Ningbo Wukui. Seeing the people around him drinking and flattering, the atmosphere at this table seemed out of place... The hometown of several Ningbo scholars was still raging with Japanese pirates, and several relatives were still dying in this scene. Can you feel good when you see that the provincial capital is so indulgent?
Fortunately, there are no so-called famous people on their table, so it is just dull.
Tao Yuchen whispered: "Senior Brother, how can these people eat?"
Just as I was about to pick up a piece of West Lake vinegar fish, I heard this and had to put down my chopsticks and smiled bitterly: "Don't you still want to visit the lake in the afternoon?"
"I just said to come and have a look." Tao Yuchen said embarrassedly: "It's a visit, not a tour."
"Since you come, you can rest assured," Chen said softly: "At least this table of banquet is very good." The five people in Shaoxing stopped talking and ate. Looking at the five people in Ningbo, they turned their grief and anger into appetite, and ate like wind blowing the broken clouds.
At this time, a famous scholar suggested that those old seniors would go out to the joint examination school to get the candidates in each residence. If they meet, they would naturally be happy. If they fail, they would have to be fined three glasses of wine.
Master Tixue nodded and praised him for his goodness, and then started to make a couple. Today is a festive day, so it is no wonder that the old celebrities will not make a couple. They will pick up some auspicious couples just to revitalize the atmosphere.
The new scholars are really picky and choose from, so they will naturally not be afraid. They are all in line with each other and are in a tight fit, which makes them very applaud.
But when it came to the table of Chen Si and the others, the old famous scholars who gave the questions had long disliked them... The good days were sad, wasn't this a confusing thing for people? He said to Chen Si and said, "I have heard that Shaoxing has a great talent for a long time. I have a pair here to ask for advice."
The four people in Shaoxing looked at the silence. They were very complicated. They wanted him to treat Shaoxing well, but they didn't want him to pay attention to these bitches.
At this time, the old famous scholar had already asked: "The six towers are heavy, with seven sides and eight corners." This is what Hangzhou's famous scenic spot "Liuhe Tower" is connected in series with numbers, which is not so easy to match.
Silently kept silent, just lifted his hand up and waved it.
The old famous scholar thought he would not match him, so he couldn't help but say proudly: "I'll give you another chance. If you don't match him this time, I'll be punished for drinking." He also used another famous tower in Hangzhou to create a couplet: "Baishu Tower, the top of the tower is as sharp as a pen, and the pen is written all over the world."
At this time, the boat arrived at the Jindai Bridge, but was silent and silent. Instead, he pointed to the bridge, bowed to the fat old celebrity, then spread his hands evenly and lifted upwards.
The old man thought he was bowing and begging for mercy, and immediately laughed and said, "It's useless to beg for mercy, so drink the bar." Everyone laughed in a low voice, "It turns out that the mouse is carrying a gun and reveals its true form as soon as it comes out."
Tao Yuchen next to him couldn't help but retort: ​​"My senior brother has already paired the second couplet, but you just don't understand."
The old famous scholar said unhappily: "Do you dare to make unreasonable arguments and fool me?"
"You are speaking, my senior brother is facing the hand." Tao Yuchen sneered: "I will explain it to you. If it is really right, how about the old man punishing himself for three cups?"
"No problem." The old famous scholar smiled reservedly: "My first couplet is that there are six towers and seven sides, eight corners and eight corners."
Tao Yuchen followed the silence and raised his hand and said, "One palm is average, five fingers are long and two short." It immediately attracted a lot of praise.
The old famous man blushed and said, "My second couplet is: 'Baishu Tower, the top of the tower is sharp, as sharp as a pen, and the pen is written all over the world."
Tao Yuchen pointed to the Jindai Bridge, bowed to him, spread his hands evenly, and raised his head: "Jindai Bridge, the bridge hole is round and round like a mirror, and the mirror reflects the nine states of the nation." The cheers were even louder this time, and the old famous scholar was completely ashamed and could only escape by urinating.
The teasing of Shaoxing students made the old famous scholars very embarrassed, but after they agreed to go against each other, they could only vent their anger with the scholars from Ningbo Prefecture. Then they came up with a pair of children to make them lose their grief. An older celebrity coughed and said repeatedly: "Live life is better than the Nanshan Mountains, and the mountains are not old. The old man has a good life, he has enough food and clothing, and he has a good food and delicious food. He has a great virtue and enjoys great glory and wealth. The distinguished guests should come early. It is reasonable to come."
The scholars of Ningbo could not hear these people chanting poems here. Now, seeing them bragging and praising themselves so shamelessly, they were very angry. They immediately slapped the table and said to the next couplet: "Blessings are as blessed as the East China Sea, the sea is not dry, the roots of the dead tree are rotten and thick, shameless, shameless, shameless, they are ashamed to join you, ruining the country and the people, Fujian and Zhejiang are defeated, and there are countless evil spirits in the underworld. Who can do not hurt? Kill your mother!" After saying that, they led Ningbo students to leave, and Taizhou also left... They were really angry, forgetting that this was a man on the boat and the boat was in the lake, and they remembered it when they walked to the side of the boat.
But he decided not to come back and join these people, so he jumped into the water and swam straight to Jindai Bridge not far away.
Sun Jian also wanted to get up, but Chen Shounian grabbed his arm tightly and then gave up.
A second couplet scolded the famous scholars to death, and the adults of Tixue were no exception. Naturally, the banquet could not continue again. He ordered the pleasure boat to quickly go to the dock, go back to their own houses, and find their own mothers.
Five students from Shaoxing got off the boat, and Chen Shounian said with great concern: "Your Masao will not hate us, right?"
Sun Ying, who had not spoken much, suddenly smiled and said, "What do you hate us? We have not given him any face."
He nodded silently and said, "Don't worry about it, it will not affect your studies."
Chen Shounian said embarrassedly: "Then I'll feel relieved..."
Looking at the sky, it was already the moon above the willows, and he asked silently: "Where will you rest tonight?"
After asking, there was a place to go. The Sun brothers went to join their uncle who was an official in Hangzhou. Chen Shounian had a cousin in the city. Tao Yuchen blinked silently and said, "I have my own place to go." Naturally, he went to the place where Master Tixue and wiped the pp for everyone.
Chen Si couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You have many relatives, why don't I have a cousin in Hangzhou?"
Tao Yuchen smiled and said, "Why not be with me?"
"Don't go, don't go." Chen Si shook his head, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "By the way, I have a place to go." Then he waved goodbye to everyone.
After parting ways with everyone, Chen An asked in a low voice: "Young Master, don't you want to take me to the brothel, do you?"
Silently slapped him on the head and cursed with a smile: "Do you have all your hair?"
"No." Chen An said ashamed, and took a few steps and asked again: "Young Master, where are you?" Chen Si almost fell to the ground.
Hangzhou is as hot as a steamer during the day, so everyone travels at night. At this time, there are still many pedestrians on the street, and many shops are still on.
Chen Si seemed to be familiar with this place. Without asking, he took Xiao Shutong to walk forward with big strides.
Chen An followed behind and said, "Young Master, have you been to Hangzhou before?"
"In the last life." Chen Mo replied seriously.
"Young Master, you are so funny." Chen An flatteredly said: "You might have been from Hangzhou in your previous life."
"Is it okay to be a Hangzhou native?" Chen Mo asked casually.
"Of course, 'There is heaven above and Suhang below', people seem to live in paintings." Chen An said indefinitely: "There are many delicious foods, such as West Lake vinegar fish and Dongpo pork, and the fragrant beggar chicken, which makes people drool when they think about it." After saying that, he whispered: "If you change the two more, it will be perfect."
"What are the two?" asked Chen Silently smiled.
"One is that the house is too expensive. Even if I work for the rest of my life, I can't afford a thatched house by the West Lake." Chen An said seriously: "The second is that the carriages on the street are running too fast. I am afraid of looking at it... What should I do if you say it's so dark and ignorant?"
The master and servant walked for a long time while chatting and laughing, and gradually left the downtown area. Chen An was a little tired and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Find an inn." He then heard the young master say.
"So we have to stay in a hotel." Chen An said depressedly: "We have passed by several inns just now, why don't you go in?"
“Because I’m looking for an inn.”
“Which one?”
Chapter completed!