Chapter 2: Only Quotable Quotes

Liu Weiji heard His Majesty’s oracles, just in the heart, just want to receive the decree, only to hear a feminine voice said: “The emperor, you see these sentences, slave girl think quite some meaning–“

It turned out to be serving behind Emperor Jinglong of the Palace Supervisor seal eunuch Lan Xi. He was originally from Fujian, fifteen years old with the migrants migrated to the capital, food and clothing, had to clean into the palace as a chamberlain.

Min people’s local concept is quite heavy, this eunuch blue hi although in the dynasty can not avoid false publicity, corruption and bribery, fishing a large sum of money, but also willing to send people back to their homeland every year to donate some money and silk to build a righteous shrine to give some congee and food or something, there are also many townspeople are grateful to him.

This time he listened to the Fujian lifts, the heart will favor a few points, and then look at the roll signed by Su Yan table word Qinghe, the idea turned sharply: Su Qinghe, this name is somewhat familiar …… is not the only son of Fuzhou governor Su Keren? His family and our ancestors still have some friendship, since it is the same hometown, at least have to help a help.

Jinglong emperor to this attendant eunuch is very some generous rely on, heard the words will take back the volume, see several of the sentences are really square work beautiful, the pen power is not bad, under the fine taste there are a few points to wake up the world’s philosophical meaning, slightly nodded and said: “‘The river and mountain generation of talented people out of the world, each leading the trend of hundreds of years,’ not bad, this line of courage! Extraordinary ……

I know that clouds turn into rain without having to go to the sky. Only in a hundred feet between, that is transformed into sweet Shu cream ‘These lines have a deep meaning, borrowing things as a metaphor, it is exactly the way of the executive center …… Well, this person still has a few talents, but too spontaneous and reckless, do not follow the theorem, I’m afraid that it is not a pillar of the material.”

If Emperor Jinglong knew that the only sentences he appreciated were Su Yan’s “quotes from famous people”, he didn’t know how he would feel.

The blue happy to hear a play, strike while the iron is hot, said: “Your Majesty, although the slave girl is only rough ink, but also heard folk rumors that this Su Yan is a child prodigy, six years old can recite poems, seven years old familiar with the four books, five classic, ten years old will write a handful of embroidered articles, how can even eight shares of the format do not know it? It is very likely that he has a lot of talent in his chest, but he is worried that he will not be recognized by the wise eye, so he came up with this strange trick, new and different, so as to attract the attention of the emperor. Although this move is inappropriate, but considering the youthful arrogance, slave girl think it is not appropriate to forcefully suppress, folded good seedling.”

Eunuch Blue’s “child prodigy” is not an empty threat, Su Yan in Fujian is indeed quite talented, but now although the bottle is in, the ink in it has long been replaced by glue.

Emperor Jinglong thought about it, think some reason, nodded: “young people act inevitably not enough stability, frivolous frivolous, bullying open, need to be sharpened more sharpening, can bear the big task.”

Lan Xi busily said, “Your Imperial Majesty is wise and brilliant, and is truly discerning in recognizing jewels and jade.”

“Then for the time being the first income tributary, the temple examination when I personally test him, to see if it is not in vain.” Jinglong emperor shook the roll, got up and said, “I want to go back to the palace to go to see the crown prince, here will be handled by a few of your maester, don’t lose a lot of money because of a small thing, and delayed the chun exam selection of soldiers.”

Lan Xi Shi Shi followed behind, casting a smug glance at Liu Wei Zhi as he left.

Liu Bachelor gas knot: I have endured again and again, it is really intolerable, this should be killed power eunuch, bullying people too much!

“Wistful talent in the chest, and worried about not being recognized by the wise eye” is what it means, is clearly accusing us of these Hanlin Academy bachelor is not Bole, do not know a thousand miles of horses, this is simply a reckless face to face slander, but the emperor of his words always listen to his ears, over time will inevitably have to be dissatisfied with the civil servants.

The chamberlain arbitrariness, even His Majesty’s oracles can persuade back, one day to become a great scourge of the court! Back to hurry to visit the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet of University Professor Li multiplied wind Li adults, united with a cadre of civilian ministers, conspire to remove the plan, can no longer allow this class of eunuchs continue to arrogant and domineering, control of the government!

His side of the angry straight teeth, who do not know that the blue eunuch that side of the thought is also similar to him: this group of corrupted Confucian sour ding, the town day to see our family is not good, towards the top and bottom of the chirping never-ending, rapping bird like annoying people.

And those officials, even the son of heaven dare impeachment sarcasm, so that the dragon body depression uneasy. One day we will have to wipe them all out, pull out their wings, put a big pot of water to stew, see who still dare to call our bluff.

He helped Su Yan to speak, not only because of the friendship of fellow townsmen, but in his heart have other plans: if he can draw Su Yan, let him enter the civil official faction with the status of a scholar to do a ambush line, it is not a bad move.

As for a moment in the woe and blessing in a circle Su Yan, blissfully unaware of their own into the civil officials group and eunuchs group intensifying power struggle another fuse.

He was now full of pleasure to re-drill back into the Rouge Alley to hear a song called “Spit on Tan Lang” by the famous prostitute Ruan Hongxiao.

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Twilight is just approaching, the lights are on, the city of the city temple market is crowded.

Three miles of the street, both sides of the vendors bustling, commodities, extremely lively. The crowd is also mixed with a lot of blue-eyed hu shang, floating foreigners, a look of a waist of ten thousand dollars to list the high talk.

Su Yan negative hand, and three or five students in the street roaming, listening to them all the way through the history of the book, feel tedious to the extreme, one side frequently nodding for the concordance, one side to take the eyes around the stalls on the novelties of the market.

This dynasty style open, many folk women dressed in brightly colored Yuehua skirt, Shuitian clothes, buckle on the slender degree of than the armor out of the temple fair, full of phoenix hairpin shaking, golden lotus swing, quite charming.

Su Yan’s pair of thieving eyes darted around the pretty girl’s body, gradually falling behind.

Cold hands were held by someone, he was shocked back to God, only to see his fellow countryman Huang Zheng was holding his hand in an unusually solemn posture, white face red, nose lightly trembling.

Su Yan feel strange, are old classmates, you want to say what directly say, why so excited, make with the division of Zhu Mao, as far as. Mouth asked: “language cousin brother, what is it?”

Huang Zheng opened and closed his lips a few times and said in a low voice, “This time, the spring exams to select soldiers, brother Qinghe is highly talented and will certainly be on the list.”

Su Yan laughed dryly, “Where where where, I’m not talented and shallow, I’m afraid that the name after Sun Shan. The examination is not less than ten thousand people, but only three hundred tributary, like a thousand horses across the log bridge, I know that the bridge is narrow and difficult, I am ready to pack a bag and go back to Fujian.”

Huang Zheng listened to the two eyes put out light, vigorously shake his hand, off the mouth said: “I also have this intention, the journey home is a long way, the peer also have a care, Qinghe brother if you do not mind, why don’t you and I …… you and I become a contract brother, how?”

Su Yan was so scared that he almost jumped up and subconsciously jerked his hand away.

Don’t think that “brotherhood” means to worship.

The male style is quite prevalent in this dynasty, the scholarly family more child molester actor, folk also often see the two men to love things. The southern wind around the Min-Yue area is particularly cool and heavy, and the customs are different:

As long as the two men are in love with each other, they will become brothers, in and out of the house as if they were husband and wife, their parents love them as son-in-laws, and the townspeople are also happy to recognize them. When they are a little older, they marry and have children, the brother will be responsible for the wedding expenses and future livelihood for the brother, and some of them are even lifelong friends.

Although Su Yan knows the old customs of the countryside, but never had this idea, delicate flowers and beautiful women still love not enough, why go to get what fake phoenix false phoenix set. According to his words is the back of the mountain is very touching right, but we steel straight man is not good for this mouth.

At that moment, he violently drew back his hand, and was searching for how to reject it so as not to hurt this glass brother’s sensitive pride, when suddenly his remaining light glimpsed a figure next to him, and he called out as if he had been greatly pardoned, “Hey, that …… that who- -Yeah, it’s you, last time I accidentally knocked down the gentleman, poor etiquette, I feel guilty in my heart, today I have come to make amends.”

Turning his head again, he gave Huang Zheng an awkward smile, “Yutang brother, what a coincidence, little brother happens to have some personal matters to deal with, we’ll talk another time, another time ah.”

Looking at the back of Huang Zheng’s lost soul, Su Yan breathed a long sigh of relief and turned his head away, calculating how far away from him he would be in the future, and never give him the opportunity to change his “day”.

However, he heard a gruff teenage voice behind him shout, “You, stop right there!”

Su Yan scratched his hair, secretly sighing at the narrowness of the enemy, and helplessly stopped and turned around.

In front of you is exactly that eyes grow to the head, what official can not be? If you don’t want to be an official, then what do you want to do?”

Su Yan smiled with a curved brow, as if to flow out of a spring water: “In my case, I want to be a playboy, spend a lot of money, go out and bring a group of dog legs, walking horses and dogs, fighting chickens and playing birds, nothing to flirt with a good woman, is not it a pleasure to enjoy themselves at ease?”

The young male was stunned and reached out to poke and point at him, his voice shaking a little with anger, “You, you worthless ……”

Su Yan laughed out loud, “It was just a joke, but you took it seriously.”

He patted each other’s shoulders, “Kid, you and I know each other, also counted fate, some days I will go back to my hometown, in the future basically can’t see each other, this thing for you to keep as a souvenir, as in the next compensation.” He said, “I’ll keep this for you as a souvenir, just as my compensation”.

The young gentleman looked at his back stunned for a long time, looked down at the object in his hands, it turned out to be a piece of silver pocket watch, enameled surface under the inlaid with a Western oil painting, painting a half-naked clothes on the fangbang plump woman, holding out the fat white **, holding a naked male doll in his arms. He could not help but tender face slightly red, cursed a obscene, raised his hand to throw away. Thinking about it, but also feel some reluctance, and ultimately still into the arms to go.

He turned his head and commanded, “Sung Sung.”

A silhouette burrowed to his side and respectfully said, “The old slave is here.”

“How did it go with the last thing I asked you to do?”

Cheng Sheng was full of smiles: “How dare you neglect what you have explained, naturally, it is to do a full job, not a drop of water leakage.”

A hint of gloom swept across that young male’s face, grinding his teeth, “Even if you don’t win the jinshi, I still have a way to get you into the imperial court. Hmph, if you don’t want to be an official, master will just let you do it, and see where you run off to get away with yourself!”

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“What? Out of tribute?” Su Yan’s teeth loosened, and a slice of roast goose with crispy skin and tender meat snapped onto the tabletop.

This was really too out of his expectation. That pseudo literary essay, which he himself was sweating in the end, was actually able to gain the favor of the Scroll Reading Officer, and actually passed the examination?

Su Yan froze and thought, this buddy who changed the paper, could it be that …… he also crossed over?

The boy who reported the good news had a fawning smile on his face, nodding his head and saying, “Congratulations to Mr. Prince, you are now a tributary student, when you pass the Imperial Examination at the beginning of the next month, then it is a jinshi, the golden list of titles na.”

Su Yan’s brain is confused and has not yet turned the corner, casually pulling out a handful of coins to send him down, after pacing around the room to organize his thoughts.

The emperor personally presided over the temple exams ah, next to the service are all the great scholars, learned men, like a bright shining mirror, their own little trickery skills, but not to the original shape of the light?

It’s just a matter of making a fool of ourselves, but if we offend the Supreme Being and drag him out of the Noon Gate and chop him off, who are we going to complain to?

Su Yan think more and more feel sad from the beginning: hard work to live a twenty years of easy me, the previous life work finally contact properly, the girl also talked about, the result of a typhoon, fifteenth floor, a flowerpot so to roll down to hit the head, face is completely changed …… this life is even worse, only to return to the soul of the six months, the turn of the eye and have to go to the netherworld, the poor man is still extravagant hope that the Three wives and four concubines, children and grandchildren, and have a good time of the addiction of a big official!

Paced for a small half hour, still at a loss, his heart a cross foot stomp: Grandma, and not without death, at most a wisp of ghosts and then floating hell, half a bowl of Mengbo soup from the beginning, as a dead machine reboot, what is there to be afraid of!

Thinking this way, his mind was enlightened, and Su Yan sat back down at the table in a calm and relaxed manner and resumed drinking his small wine.