Encounter with the Four Great Talents

The so-called sickness comes like a mountain and goes away like silk, Tang Shen has been smoking for a long time.

He didn't like to take medicine at all, and he could bear it once or twice, but he couldn't help finding reasons to refuse to take medicine after taking it every day.In addition, it was midsummer, and he was afraid of heat, so he often secretly threw the quilt to sleep when he was resting at night because he was greedy for cold, and finally caught cold decisively, and the disease healed more slowly.

Therefore, it was Tang Yin who took Gao Fu and Yong Lu to look at the list.

There are huge crowds of people in front of the list, and people often shout: "I got it! I got it! I passed the exam!" or someone shouted: "Why is my name not there? How is it not?"

Some of the candidates who won the exam were so happy that they were ecstatic, and some of the candidates who failed the exam were so sad that they sighed and cried bitterly.Even the one who got the exam rushed past Tang Yin waving his hands and yelling like crazy, while the other one who didn't pass the exam was about to rush into the river to commit suicide and was held back tightly.

These scenes made Tang Yin, who was always calm and confident, also become nervous, and accelerated to get closer to the list.It's a pity that there were too many people there, and it was really not easy for Tang Yin, a frail scholar, to squeeze in. Standing on tiptoe at a distance, he couldn't see clearly from too far away. Tang Yin was so anxious that he could only wander around like a headless chicken.

Gao Fu said: "Master, you can go to the tea shop over there and have a rest. Yonglu and I can just go and have a look."

Looking at the turbulent crowd in front of him, Tang Yin felt his scalp tingling. Although he was a little anxious, he reluctantly agreed to their proposal, nodded, turned and went to the tea shop to sit patiently and wait for their news.After Tang Yin was arranged, Gao Fu and Yong Lu jumped in. Although there were a lot of people, the two quickly reached the top of the list.

Tang Yin's name was so eye-catching, the two recognized it at a glance, and shouted at the same time: "Master won the first name!"

Tang Yinzhong knew Yuan, Gao Fu was so happy that he kept yelling and rushed out to announce the good news to Tang Yin, while Yonglu turned his head and started looking for the name of his second master.The second master is so sick this time, he still doesn't know what the result of the test will be.But after searching for a while, he found Tang Shen's name on the list a little behind the middle. Yong Lu smiled reassuringly, looked back and forth on the list, remembered a few important names, and then squeezed out. .

In the tea shop, when Tang Yin heard the news, his face was flushed with excitement, and he was standing by the table with one hand holding the corner of the table, and the other tightly clutching the fan, his whole body trembling.Seeing Yonglu running from a distance, he immediately walked a few steps towards him and asked excitedly and anxiously, "Yonglu...really...really hit?"

Yong Lu saluted with a smile: "Master, you won the first place! Xie Yuan!"

Tang Shen got the news on the hospital bed, smiled with satisfaction, and arranged for Xingniang and Yonglu to prepare presents and red envelopes, and keep them for packing and giving gifts.

Before leaving, Yonglu said: "Second Lord, I have read it, the one in Zhu's uncle is No.3."

Tang Shen was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "The third? Who is the second?"

"The slave doesn't know much, I only know that he is a young master named Xu."

"Xu?" Tang Shen thought for a while, then dipped his hands in water and wrote three words: "Xu Zhenqing".Then point it to Yong Lu: "Is this the word?"

Yonglu has a good memory, and nodded immediately after seeing it: "Yes, it's these three words." Then he scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "I don't know the last two words. But, second master, How do you know?"

Tang Shen nodded: "He's quite famous, I just heard about it. Since you know that you can't read well, then you should work hard to learn how to read. I'm a juren now, and you, as my personal servant, can't even read well." It's too ugly, go back and copy "Thousand Characters" five times, and give it to me in a month."

"What? Grandpa, Second Master, please spare this servant!"

After dismissing Yong Lu, Tang Shen felt dizzy and head-scratched, and secretly hated his body which was so weak that it was comparable to that of Sister Lin.After raising it for so long, even a pig has grown fat, but he was lying on the bed and couldn't move.

Angry at himself, he snorted twice, turned over and fell asleep, but fell asleep quickly.

Zhu Yunming immediately knew the results of the provincial examination, and even knew the reason why he didn't get the first place.To put it simply, his policy writing was too radical and did not please him.And the second person named Xu Zhenqing, who is not obvious, got such a special ranking because he wrote a good poem.On the other hand, Tang Yin, because of the beautiful artistic conception of his poems and his unique insights, has steadily become the master of understanding, and he deserves his name.

Although he was a bit unwilling, he had already finished the exam after all, and his ranking was not bad. All in all, his father was very satisfied. He no longer asked him for this or that, and promised him that he could go back to the capital whenever he was happy.Zhu Yunming seemed to have successfully completed a task, and was about to take a good rest. By the way, he took advantage of this time to cultivate his relationship with Tang Yin, and then let Tang Yin and himself go to Beijing to participate in the test.

The general examination is in the second year of the rural examination, and it is in February.Winter is not a good time to rush, especially when it is close to the New Year.Therefore, those who want to take the general examination all set off right after the rural examination.There are naturally many benefits to arriving early, so even if it takes more than half a year, people pay great attention to starting in advance to make complete preparations.

Zhu Yunming is very familiar with the capital, as long as he is not late, it doesn't matter what time he leaves.But Tang Yin's family was not in Suzhou, so he had to go home at least once, and he had to leave for the capital right away.I can wait for a while, then pick him up and go to Beijing together, and then let him live in the Zhufu. If we get along day and night, it must take a few days to spend near the water, right, you understand.

Cough, can't think too much now.

Speaking of which, Tang Yin's sickly younger brother also passed the exam. Although his ranking was average, but because he was only 13 years old, he became famous in Suzhou.I don't know if he's recovered from his illness, um, let's go to see him.It's best to persuade the child to recuperate at home, and not to go to the capital, otherwise it will affect the two of them enjoying the sweet time.

Zhu Yunming's temperament is to do it as soon as he thinks about it, otherwise he would not have caught Tang Yin's attention at the first sight and chased after him.Thinking of this, he immediately called someone to prepare the sedan chair, and went to the Tang family to visit the next two newly released Juren brothers.

As soon as Zhu Yunming's sedan chair appeared at the entrance of the alley, Shi Shi saw it, so when Zhu Yunming got off the sedan chair and came out, Tang Yin was already waiting at the door.

Zhu Yunming joked: "It's a great honor for me to have Tang Jieyuan greet you in person."

Tang Yin gave him a blank look, because he is familiar with him, so you don't have to be polite.Walked over and said: "It's just a fluke, how is my talent and learning, Brother Zhu, don't you know? The sun is shining, come in quickly."

After Tang Yin got to know Yuan from the middle, this door never stopped. Tang Shen was ill, and Tang Yin was reluctant to let him get busy.Fortunately, the ability of the few servants he brought made him a lot easier.Zhu Yunming came at the right time, there were finally fewer people today, otherwise it would be really inconvenient to entertain Zhu Yunming well.

The two had a good relationship, so naturally they would not welcome them into the living room, Zhu Yunming was directly welcomed into the backyard under the awning, this place is actually just a bamboo frame with vine flowers, it's a pity that the vine flowers withered, otherwise it would be more beautiful.It's a little windy today, and it's much cooler and more comfortable to stay in the shade than in the room.Gao Fu swiftly served tea and snacks immediately. The Tang family didn't have anything else, so the food must be good.Tang Shen's picky mouth never allowed bad food to pass under his nose.So Zhu Yunming liked to bite the almost transparent lotus seed cake, the faint sweet taste made Zhu Yunming, who doesn't like sweet food, eat several of them.

Seeing that he liked it, Tang Yin smiled and said: "Shen'er is afraid of the heat, and in this kind of weather, she loses her appetite even more. Fortunately, the woman who came with her is an old man, who knows his taste, and made these snacks for him to beat the heat. If you like it too, I'll ask her to make you another box and take it with you when I turn back."

"That's a blessing." Zhu Yunming really liked it, shook his head and sighed, "Those cooks in my family make sweet and soft dim sum, which makes my stomach ache." Looking at Tang Yin sitting Smiling on the opposite side, the sunlight falling from the leaves secretly fell on his face, making his skin whiter and fairer, and the light fluff floating on it looked as warm and lovely as a circle of light.I couldn't help stretching out my hand to squeeze it, and said with a smile: "It's so delicious and delicious, no wonder you have such a good appearance."

Tang Yin was furious, and scolded him with wide eyes and blushing face: "Didn't you give up a good appearance with good food and drink?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yunming smiled badly, stretched out his hand to hold his hand, raised his eyebrows, curled his mouth and blinked his evil eyes: "I'm good-looking, right? Do you like it?"

Tang Yin was very angry at this man's demeanor, so he withdrew his hand and gave him a hard look.It's just that this glance is as charming and bright as peach blossoms in March, it is really powerless.

Zhu Yunming knew that he was thin-skinned, so he smiled and stopped talking about embarrassing people, and started talking about serious business.Asked about Tang Yin's dealings with people and relationships for a while, I was afraid that he might not be doing it well.However, although Tang Shen was ill, he was not dead. He knew these things well without a teacher since he was a child. He just gave a few instructions, and the capable slaves would naturally do well. Zhu Yunming secretly admired Zhu Yunming when he was ready to send him off.

Next, Zhu Yunming began to discuss with Tang Yin about the test.

In the end, Tang Yin said with a smile: "I don't participate in the examination."

Zhu Yunming was taken aback: "Not participating? Why?"

Tang Yin smiled with some embarrassment and said: "Actually, I didn't plan to take the provincial examination. I have loved calligraphy and painting since I was a child, and I have no interest in the imperial examination. It's just that Shen'er said that there must be a son in the family who will come out and get a high reputation in the examination. I'm a household, I just... I also made an agreement with Shen'er that I won't take the exam after passing the exam. After a while, when Shen'er is in better health, we will go back to Wu County, and I will formally start learning painting with Mr. Shen , no longer take the imperial examination.”

Seeing Tang Yin's unrestrained and carefree appearance, Zhu Yunming was somewhat envious.With such a good knowledge, but he said that he would not take the exam if he didn't take the exam, he was decisive and not nostalgic, so chic, he really deserved to be the person he liked.

However, it is because I have taken a fancy to it that I cannot let you run away.

So Zhu Yunming took a sip of tea, lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and after putting down the tea, he said: "Bohu, if you talk about your Tang family, although I don't know it very well, I know a thing or two. Back then, the emperor rewarded you Tang family. We have heard about the family in the capital. Since you are famous in front of the Holy Master, and you are the Jieyuan of this state, you are young and promising, and you will definitely shine in the examination. If you don't take part in the examination, if the emperor finds out about it..." Seeing Tang Yin's face change, he knew that he was speaking too seriously, so he quickly sat a little closer and reached out to pat him on the back: "Don't think too much, There are so many people who name themselves in front of the emperor every day, how can they just think of your family. It’s just that you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, so it’s better for you to participate. Whether you can pass the exam is another matter, but there are It’s important not to take the exam.”

Tang Yin's expression was hesitant and struggling, he had to understand Yuan, it wasn't that he didn't want to go to the conference and try his hand at it.But after talking to Shen Er, Shen Er still said what she said many years ago: You are not suitable, and our family does not need it.

Although she didn't quite understand it, Shen'er's words were always correct, and Tang Yin himself wanted to stay at home and learn painting, poetry and poetry.But if it's really like what Zhu Yunming said, what should I do.

Zhu Yunming knew that he was hesitating, and immediately said: "Besides, it only takes half a year before and after the exam, so what's the point of just going to participate? If you can win in one day, wouldn't it make the Tang family even more proud? It also proves your strength. Talent, you have spent years of studying hard. Even if you fail, it will not prevent you from going back to Wu County to study painting in the first half of the year, right? Besides, the capital is prosperous and magnificent, where talented people gather, and all kinds of rare objects are even more precious. There are flowers everywhere, so why not go and see them?"

Tang Yin's heart was moved when he spoke, but he heard a soft cough not far away.

The two looked up together, and saw Yonglu holding a sky-blue oil-paper umbrella, supporting a boy walking step by step.